Property Appreciation Quotes

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.

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

I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent. Forget about it.

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

I never buy a house thinking that I'm going to sell it.

Investor demand for distressed property has been healthy, as rents rise to levels that can cover investors' costs while they wait for properties to appreciate. Giving investors a small tax break should further juice up demand, supporting prices for distressed homes and the market in general.

No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come.

Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.

In real estate, you make 10% of your money because you're a genius and 90% because you catch a great wave.

When I started making money, I immediately began buying property and fixing it up. I was always searching for the next neighborhood. The first place I bought when I was 19. I found a huge loft on the Lower East Side, almost 3,500 square feet. I did it up, turned it over, and sold it.

It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.

New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.

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?

I was pretty young when I bought my first place, and at that time didn't really view it as an investment. After living there for a few years I decided to move out of London, so I decided to rent it out for a few years. Then, as the property market continued to rise, I made the decision to sell.

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

I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.

I always felt uncomfortable with real estate because buildings don't move, and neighborhoods change.

A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.

Second homes are an investment.

Real estate investing is unique in that it's almost as much a career or a way of life as it is a form of investing. Indeed, the fact that real estate is involves so much sweat equity makes it unique among other investments.

Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.

Snob value has great appeal. I have a couple of properties on the French Riviera that have doubled in value - I may buy more as the region continues to be developed.