Jean Kerr Quotes

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.

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

I was trying to find a new home in the world.

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.

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.

I tried all my life to make housing affordable. The more affordable the house, the more money I make.

Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.

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

New York should be a place where everyone can afford to live.

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

His name was George F. Babbitt, and . . . he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.

The house in Chappaqua is up for sale, ... and you can get it for a bargain on Wednesday.

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

There are only two markets, ultraluxury and subsidized housing.

If finding an apartment is like falling in love, buying one is like proposing on your first date and agreeing not to see each other until the wedding.

We need a government policy all-out in favor of more, denser housing.

We can't have investors buying four apartments while young couples struggle to raise another 5,000 shekels for a home. I appeal to investors: Think about these young couples, and invest your money elsewhere.

I told myself I never wanted to rent again. Even though it's a battle, I'm lucky cause I'm living in a cheaper part of the country. I just told myself I'm never going to do this again. I'm never gonna work, I'm never going to pay somebody rent again. I'm never going to sign another lease at least.

That's starting to depress me about UFOs. The fact that they cross galaxies...and always end up in places like Fyfe, Alabama.

If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.

Bob Dylan will be thirty years old this month..." "That's the most depressing thing I've ever heard.

In the wake of the housing debacle in California, more people are buying less expensive homes, making bigger down payments, and staying away from 'creative' and risky financing. It is amazing how fast people learn when they are not insulated from the consequences of their decisions.

For instance, the most common type of "affordable housing" in the world comes in the form of apartments over stores.

Estate agents. You can't live with them, you can't live with them. The first sign of these nasty purulent sores appeared round about 1894. With their jangling keys, nasty suits, revolting beards, moustaches and tinted spectacles, estate agents roam the land causing perturbation and despair. If you try and kill them, you're put in prison: if you try and talk to them, you vomit. There's only one thing worse than an estate agent but at least that can be safely lanced, drained and surgically dressed. Estate agents. Love them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.

I may yet move [from Nashville], and where would I move if not Texas or New Mexico? I couldn't afford a home in California. I need to travel out of there occasionally.