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.
Mortimer ZuckermanFewer Americans are at work today than in April 2000, even though the population since then has grown by 31 million.
Mortimer ZuckermanThese days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality of a horrible decline in the value of the home that has meant so much to them.
Mortimer Zuckerman