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

• 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。
• 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。
• The government auctions off parcels of land sparingly, since nothing upsets the powerful more than negative equity.
  香港政府每次只拍卖极小一块地，因为再没有什么比负资产更让那些有权有势者恼火的了。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• The large and growing number of homeowners with negative equity will increase the rate of defaults and foreclosures and therefore drive the downward spiral of prices.
  数量庞大且不断增多的负资产房屋业主，会增加违约及丧失赎质权的比例，并因此将推动价格螺旋下跌。
• 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。
• 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。