Famous Quotes & Sayings

Prices have gone up in the U.S. but for us at least we have not seen a change in buyer behavior,

Prices are likely to continue to rise over the next month or so as a result of buyers returning to the market and supply remaining limited.

David Lereah

Our definition of second homes has changed with the buyer shift toward investment property, ... In examining Census data to determine the number of investment units, we see that second homes are a much larger share than the conventional mind-set of them being mostly vacation homes.

As the Nikkei moves up in price, it signifies growth in the Japanese economy. That will signal higher yields in Japan, which will make them at the margin less net buyers of U.S. Treasuries.

As the Nikkei moves up in price, it signifies growth in the Japanese economy, ... That will signal higher yields in Japan, which will make them at the margin less net buyers of U.S. Treasuries.

Robert Irwin

Don't underestimate the importance of the entrance to your home. It helps define the quality of your property when people enter. If your entrance exudes richness, buyers will think of your home as a rich property and be prepared to make offers accordingly.

Ray Brown

Don't try to second-guess what a new buyer would want. You'll guess wrong nine times out of 10. It's better to let the price reflect that you have an older kitchen or bathroom.

Gregory Smith

Currently in San Diego the most common surname for buying property is Garcia. Seven out of the top 10 buyers in San Diego county had Hispanic surnames. ... That is the future market.

This is a milestone. It took about six hours start to finish . . . the particular buyer knew there were other parties who had scheduled appointments and they didn't want to take the chance.

They said they would keep it open for buyers to come in, and everything would stay as is. Even after Friday, my understanding is that what's there will stay there, at least until they see potential buyers back off from coming in.

William Jackson

They said they had buyers who would pay cash. It's not for sale.

A lot of buyers think that 'If I call the listing agent, I'll get a better deal.' That's not true.

A lot of buyers are just more focused on good value now.

A lot of South Americans maintain residences for personal use, not as investment rentals. They also may have places closer to home in Florida. The most sophisticated buyers have larger residences in which they maintain a full-time staff.

A launching pad was established for the New Zealand dollar to rally. Offshore and local buyers were looking for something with a five in front.

You want a buyer beware? It is not their problem if you work out of the house and need high-speed cable and lots of phone lines.

You're a buyer and a seller. We feel, scalpers feel, that it's a victimless crime. Nobody has to buy them.

Young buyers tend to get raked over the coals by really sharp salespeople.

They are the most natural strategic buyer for these events because of their strength in design engineering and manufacturing, but I don't think they'd have interest in buying shows that are declining.

There was some profit-taking today as there was a lack of catalysts to get buyers to step in. Buyers are waiting for the market to be a little more attractive. There's not much in way of economic reports for the rest of the week. Geopolitical concerns, the price of oil and earnings reports will be driving us.

There was clearly a disappointment in the rhetoric from the Fed. It's just a buyers strike.

There were a lot of buyers from South Florida that were looking for condo conversions.

There isn't a sense of urgency in the market. Buyers don't feel they need to stretch (finances) the way they felt before.

It's a strong time. If anyone's thinking of selling, they'll see the highest number of buyers in these months.

David Lereah

It's a simple matter of supply and demand. We continue to have more home buyers than sellers in most of the country, which results in tight housing inventories and higher rates of home price appreciation.

Everything's slowed way down. It confirms what we've been talking about. Buyers are sitting on the fence because they don't know where the market is headed.

Every house in these communities will have a minimum of established connectivity. So it's a given that the buyer looking at these houses will spend an extra $1,500 to live there. At very high rates, 80 to 85 percent of the buyers are spending up to $3,500. The evidence would suggest at that price point ($250,000 to $350,000), people are willing to spend $2,500 to $3,500 for a fairly robust set of (connectivity) features.

The most likely buyer is someone who wants to have a luxury place in the Napa Valley and a prestigious wine label to go with it.

Storm worries got things going. That kind of put the buyers on hold.

Now, any time you get any kind of dip at all, the buyers come in.

Debt is plentiful and cheap. There's egregious use of leverage. And you have the introduction of a new class of buyers that artificially buoys demand and inflates prices.

Sometimes you get three, six, nine buyers all rejected, sometimes for nebulous reasons.

So much depends on the price of that crude oil and that's determined on the worldwide marketplace by all of the buyers and sellers out there.