#market

Investor demand for distressed property has been healthy, as rents rise to levels that can cover investors' costs while they wait for properties to appreciate. Giving investors a small tax break should further juice up demand, supporting prices for distressed homes and the market in general. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#been #break #costs #cover #demand

Our economy isn't going to recover until the housing market finds its footing. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#finds #footing #going #housing #housing market

The average credit score of today's FHA borrowers is higher than the average American household with a score. As it becomes more costly and difficult to get a FHA loan, loans from private mortgage lenders will become more attractive and their market share will grow. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#attractive #average #average american #become #becomes

The key to house prices is the share of foreclosure or short sales in the total housing market. When that share rises, house prices will fall, because distressed properties sell for significantly less - currently around 25 percent below non-distressed houses. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#because #below #currently #distressed #fall

Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the financial calamity and Great Recession that followed. Today, by contrast, credit is too tight. Mortgage loans are particularly hard to get, creating a problem for the housing market and the broader economy. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#broader #bubble #calamity #contrast #creating

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#government #important #markets #more #very

Video is moving online in a big way. It's proven to be a challenging market for some companies that start out as a pure Internet company such as Joost. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#challenging #companies #company #internet #market

As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market. ↗

— Arthur Godfrey

#corny #crack #goal #market #may

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible. ↗

— Seth Godin

#busy #crowded #failure #fitting #fitting in

I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#anybody #anything #been #continues #economy