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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• According to CoreLogic, a data provider, negative equity totalled$ 707 billion at the end of April.
  根据数据提供商CoreLogic的信息，四月底负资产总额达到了7070亿美元。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hong Kong Monetary Authority Announces Results of Latest Survey of Banks on Residential Mortgage Loans in Negative Equity
  香港金管局公布银行负资产住宅按揭贷款最新调查结果