negative equity

英 [ˌneɡətɪv ˈekwəti]

美 [ˌneɡətɪv ˈekwəti]

n.  资产负值， 负资产 (资产值低于抵押款)

牛津词典

noun

• 资产负值， 负资产 （资产值低于抵押款）
  the situation in which the value of sb's house is less than the amount of money that is still owed to a mortgage company, such as a bank

柯林斯词典

• 负资产
  If someone who has borrowed money to buy a house or flat hasnegative equity, the amount of money they owe is greater than the present value of their home.

双语例句

• At the moment, more and more American households are choosing the first as a way of dealing with the problem of negative equity, while more and more companies are being driven towards bankruptcy.
  目前，越来越多的美国家庭正在选择第一种方式来处理负资产问题，而越来越多的企业被迫申请破产。
• A rise in inflation also means that declines in real house prices translate into less negative equity, freeing up the housing market.
  通胀上升还意味着，实际房价下跌所产生的负资产有所减少，住宅市场可因之解冻。
• Once a home tips into negative equity, borrowers have less incentive to keep up on repayments.
  一旦房屋成为负资产，借贷者继续偿付贷款的动力将有所下降。
• Furthermore, the stabilisation of property prices has relieved, to a large extent, the problem of negative equity.
  此外，房地产价格的回稳亦大大纾缓了负资产的问题。
• Voters still hold their own politicians to account for the insecurities that flow from interdependence. Blaming someone else offers insufficient answer to the homeowners trapped in negative equity or to depositors or creditors in a failing bank.
  选民们仍然要求自己的政客对相互依赖所带来的不安全局面负责。对陷入负资产困境的房主或破产银行的存款人或债权人来说，怪罪另一个人也不不足以解决他们的问题。
• This is bad enough, but when coupled with falling house prices, it means that many face a particularly savage variety of negative equity.
  这够糟的了，但伴随房价下跌时，意味着许多人面对的是一种尤为残忍的负资产。
• One in four Dutch homebuyers is in negative equity as a result of falling property values.
  由于房价下跌，拥有房产的荷兰人中有四分之一已处于负资产状态。
• House prices have fallen for five years, forcing many home owners into the negative equity pit.
  楼价连跌五年，不少业主身陷负资产困局。
• Met representatives of the coalition of sandwich class housing to discuss the problem of negative equity, interest rate for second mortgage loans and penalties.
  与夹屋大联盟的代表会面，讨论有关负资产问题和二按息率及罚款的问题。
• Negative equity ties homeowners down, impeding the mobility that boosted jobs growth in previous US recoveries.
  负资产束缚了房屋拥有者，妨碍了在美国前几次复苏中促进了就业增长的人口流动性。