Randy Pitchford Quotes

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.

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

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

I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.

I bought my first house at 19-years old.

I think that every homeowner has a fascination with real estate. You can't deny that it's such a huge player in our finances. It's probably the most expensive thing you'll ever purchase, so you're forced to pay attention.

I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.

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

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.

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.

It's fair to say that, for much of my lifetime, New Zealand certainly was a property-owning democracy and working people, ordinary people, had assets.

Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?

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

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.

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.

The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was.

The American dream is still to own your home.

I've just got a new house in Pacific Palisades. It's really cute.

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.

I have a great house.

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

The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.

We live in a flat; my wife would be happy if we had a house with stairs. Or a little cottage in the country.

The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.