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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What is required is action by the president and Congress: to help homeowners with negative equity and businesses that cannot get credit, to remove the threat of higher tax rates, and reduce the out-year fiscal deficits.
  现在需要的是总统和国会采取行动：向拥有负资产净值的住房所有者和无法获得信贷的企业伸出援手，消除加税的威胁，并削减未来几个财年的财政赤字。
• America has never experienced negative equity on this scale before.
  美国以前从未经历过规模如此之大的负资产状况。
• 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。
• The average interest rate paid by negative equity property owners was0.60% less than the current best lending rate, 3 basis points lower than the average interest rate obtained by the survey of December last year.
  负资产业主支付的平均利率为现时最优惠利率减0.60厘，比去年12月调查所得的平均利率低3基点。
• 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。
• To restore its financial health and escape negative equity, the private sector as a whole had no choice but to pay down debt or increase savings levels, even at zero interest rates.
  要使日本金融业恢复健康，避免出现负资产，私人部门别无选择，只能偿付债务，或者提高储蓄水平，即便利率为零。
• By stopping the downward overshooting of house prices, the mortgage replacement programme would help all homeowners, including those who now have negative equity.
  通过阻止房价过度下跌，抵押置换计划将帮助所有房屋业主（包括目前持负资产者）。