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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The problem for banks owning mortgage debt is that the two greatest causes of foreclosure negative equity and unemployment are both set to rise further.
  对于拥有抵押债务的银行来说，问题在于造成丧失抵押品赎回权的两个最大因素负资产和失业都必定会继续上升。