#mortgage

The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal government was even contemplating reducing the principal on some troubled mortgages. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#contemplating #crisis #disgust #early #even

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

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

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off. ↗

— David Axelrod

#been #better #better off #had #i

The two questions that anyone ever asks me are: 'Are house prices going to go down?' and 'Is it a good time to fix my mortgage rate?' ↗

— Evan Davis

#asks #down #ever #fix #go

Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on Feb. 19th, 2009 when a television commentator named Rick Santelli stood up and said what the hell are we doing bailing out people who couldn't afford a mortgage by taking money from people like me who are prudent? ↗

— Karl Rove

#bailing #bailout #bank #began #commentator

I'm for the Wall Street Occupiers. But will they accept me when they find out I sell packaged mortgage default instruments to children? ↗

— Steve Martin

#children #default #find #i #instruments

Mortgages were less about getting people into property than getting them into debt. Someone had to absorb the surplus supply of credit. ↗

— Douglas Rushkoff

#life

The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#approaching #bank #convince #evil #go

Even the once simple home mortgage now has so many flavors and styles and variations that it is difficult for people to make a decision. ↗

— Scott Cook

#difficult #even #flavors #home #make