Justin Vernon Quotes

It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.

In my first home that I actually purchased, I built this nice little basement apartment, I moved into it, and I rented out the whole house upstairs. That allowed me to live there for free - because that's all I could afford.

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.

My family never owned a home. We leased.

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.

None of us want to ever face a choice between putting food on the table or paying rent.

We want to help Canadians be able to get a home that they can afford.

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

I have been looking at a number of things in affordable housing because I do know that the price of housing has gone up a lot.

You see politicians talking about negative gearing or tax on your second home - most people I knew growing up couldn't afford the rent, let alone buying a house, or a second house.

My family were very poor. We never owned a house, in fact, we were lucky if we could afford the rent. So when I bought my first home, it was a very emotional time for me.

The American success formula is first to get a home of your own, then to get a car of your own so you don't have to stay in that home of your own.

Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.

With housing it's something even more dramatic than that, because most people aspire to own their own home.If you really think that houses prices are going to go up next year and the year after, you feel if I don't buy it this year, I'm going to have to buy it next year.That's not true of an Internet stock. But it's true of a home.

We're creating an ownership society in this country, where more Americans than ever will be able to open up their door where they live and say, welcome to my house, welcome to my piece of property.

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.

All I ever wanted to do was be able to pay my rent.

The American dream is still to own your home.

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.

When regulations on the housing industry are reasonable, the cost of housing goes down. Regulatory relief is needed to make housing more affordable to more Americans.

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

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

Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time.