Jean Chatzky Quotes

I still think buying a home is the best investment any individual can make.

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

A home is still the biggest asset that most Americans own.

I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still.

My bank account has let me know that I'm a homeowner. Trust me.

I still think, from an individual perspective, the best deal investment you can make is to buy a primary residence that you're the owner-occupier of.

Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills.

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America.

I'm not interested in owning a bunch of driveways.

When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home.

The Federal Housing Administration has their leaflets there [The National Home Show] showing exactly how much it costs to build a house of this kind and what the monthly payments are. You pay twenty percent down and then pay the remainder over a period of twenty years, which should encourage home owning in this country on a much safer basis than has ever existed before for the average family.

Fifty years ago or a hundred years ago, generally, most people would buy a house the way you buy a car. When you buy a car, do you think, 'I better buy this year rather than next year because car prices might go up?'

I like to save my money for buying houses.

I've been buying real estate because it's an asset I can control, that I could finance extremely cheaply if I chose to. I do not choose to; I buy my real estate in cash. I'm not interested in making money on it. I just want to keep my money safe.

I'm really sensible with my money. So I would like to own my own house rather than rent.

I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago.

It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.

Debt certainly isn't always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans can be a necessity in getting a good job. Both are investments worth making, and both come with fairly low interest rates.

No Man is richer for having his Estate all in Money, Plate, etc. lying by him, but on the contrary, he is for that reason the poorer.

Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.

If you can't afford the upkeep of your home, it makes no sense to do a reverse mortgage. You will just end up having to sell eventually when you realize you can't afford the home, and whether you have any equity left after the sale depends on the size of the reverse loan that must be settled.

Many savers are also homeowners; indeed, a family's home may be its most important financial asset. Many savers are working, or would like to be.

An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.

Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned.