Critical Quote by Mortimer Zuckerman

So much value has been lost in the housing market that people are now buying. If there's any activity in the housing market, it's…

— Rush Limbaugh

Following an extended boom in housing, the demand for homes began to weaken in mid-2005. By the middle of 2006, sales of both new…

— Ben Bernanke

A housing renaissance has begun. This may be hard to believe after the dizzying, six-year-long crash in home sales, construction and house prices. But…

— Mark Zandi

A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof.…

— William Baldwin

Although housing sales and starts have cooled to more typical levels, the housing market remains strong and sound. Without the expansion of homeownership and…

— Randy Neugebauer

Everybody would be better off if they could buy housing for only, let's say, a carrying charge of one-quarter of their income. That used…

— Michael Hudson

Housing traditionally is not viewed as a great investment. It takes maintenance; it depreciates. It goes out of style. All of those are problems.…

— Robert J. Shiller

A home is a home, and excess supply leads to prices falling.

— Nouriel Roubini

Funny money has always been the reason housing prices have risen too fast. First, it was liar loans and negative-amortizing mortgages, where the total…

— Glenn Kelman

Despite a lingering low inventory and increasing prices, consumers still have the confidence to purchase a home. More and more people recognize the many…

— Dave Liniger

The decline in home equity makes it more difficult for struggling homeowners to refinance and reduces the financial incentive of stressed borrowers to remain…

— Ben Bernanke

The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend…

— Alan Greenspan