Leandra Medine Quotes

The problem with real estate is that it's local. You have to understand the local market.

When we talk about a city's cost of living, we don't mean food, transportation, or clothing, which cost about the same everywhere. We mean housing.

Some of the higher price of L.A. real estate does reflect the intrinsic pleasure of living there, as I'm reminded every time I walk out my door into the perfect weather.

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. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible.

This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can't afford an apartment nicer than the place you're renting, there's something so inherently depressing about it.

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

There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.

Manhattan is increasingly less available to average-income earners.

I grew up thinking that renting is perfectly normal. And then, strangely enough, I never did buy a house. I live in New York City, and I'm still renting. My own personal narrative shows that it is possible to live a respectable life without ever having owned a home.

People should buy a house to live in, not as an investment. Property has become such a national obsession - it was the primary subject at dinner parties and how many television shows were dedicated to the market. It's not good for the economy.

I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.

Rents should begin to decelerate as the demand for owner-occupied housing stabilizes and the supply of rental units increases.

Harlem was the main chance for the east end of New York, for eastsiders, as that real estate boom that took place in the 1890s - and it was a preposterous one where people bought and sold, and everything appreciated with each sale - and eventually, of course, the house of cards would crumble.

I've got a 6,000 square-foot home in Plano that probably costs as much as a three-bedroom house in Van Nuys.

If I can't afford a house, or afford to keep it, I don't want to have it.

I live in New York City, but I live in Hoboken because it's cheaper there, and I can own a condo.

Real estate prices are way out of whack with what people earn.

My home is in Chicago, but I have an apartment in Los Angeles.

Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the market.

I could move to New York. I love it here.

I live in Brooklyn; I live in Clinton Hill. I love it there.

The average person that lives in Sydney, if they want to buy a house in Sydney, that shouldn't be out of reach for them.

It's impossible for the government to curb property prices.

When you feel house poor, you don't buy anything. Housing immediately impacts the job numbers because there are so many housing-related jobs within the industry, and in adjacent industries.

I strongly believe supply is the best way to address housing affordability.