#rate

The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#although #been #demonstrates #during #economy

There is no better way to quickly buoy hard-pressed homeowners than helping them take advantage of the currently record low fixed mortgage rates and significantly reduce their monthly mortgage payments. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#better #better way #buoy #currently #fixed

There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the decades, some of them real whoppers, but causing house prices to soar and then crater during the past decade weren't among them. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#around #belongs #blame #bubble #causing

Star quality is one of the most difficult things to describe. It emanates from the person, and he may not even understand it himself. It's a quality that separates the star from the rest of us. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#difficult #difficult things #even #himself #may

Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#hatred #iraq #occurred #only #proliferate

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#borders #pain #separated #suffering

Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#despise #enemy #him #seriously #strategically

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #appeal #countries #desperation #emergencies

I'm a fan myself and I'm frustrated just as much as them when we get beat. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#fan #frustrated #get #i #just

The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#been #family #fully #grateful #i