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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• At the very least, this would rescue many homeowners from the nightmare of negative equity.
  这种做法至少会将许多房主从负资产的噩梦中拯救出来。
• 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。
• 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。
• Policymakers may worry about the effect of housing problems on unemployment homeowners in negative equity may not be able to move in search of jobs but the more important effect runs the other way.
  决策者可能担忧房地产问题对失业率的影响资不抵债的屋主可能无法为工作而搬家但更要命的影响还在别处。
• The resulting economic shrinkage is leaving large swathes of property in negative equity.
  随之而来的经济萎缩，使大量房地产都变成了负资产。