Howard Lutnick Quotes

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.

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

I believe that the Chinese people as a whole love to make investments in real estate.

Housing has led our nation's economic expansion over the past few years, accounting for 16 percent of our Gross Domestic Product. New housing starts and home sales hit record levels from 2003 through 2005.

We just went through the biggest housing bubble in history and now housing prices are starting to go up again. I don’t know what to make of that.

As Realtors, you live and breathe the American dream.

I know about investment. It's really obvious - you buy property, let it sit for a couple of years and then sell it and reinvest.

It is time to move on. House prices won't rise and the economy won't fully engage until more distressed properties are resolved and put back into ordinary use.

Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.

I'm not a housing market expert, and I don't want to pretend to be one.

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

You don't have to be too bright to get into real estate.

The housing market has bottomed. It's not too late to get involved.

I have big belief in the Greek real estate market. We live in a lovely country and we need to make investing in Greek real estate more attractive.

Selling real estate isn't like selling stock.

Commercial real estate is really a black box: its super opaque, and it's hard to get the information.

To me, I love real estate because you can feel it.

Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction.

Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can take from you.

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.

By the late 1980s people realized that houses did not always appreciate and that they could fluctuate like any other market commodity.

Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.

Land values are going up a lot in Sydney, but it's feasible to build because prices are going up, too.

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

Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.