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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since this is an average number, and some households have little or no mortgage debt, this suggests that the proportion with negative equity likely increased significantly as well.
  考虑到这是一个平均数字，而一些家庭的抵押贷款债务很少或没有，这意味着（房屋）资产净值为负的比例可能也出现了大幅上升。
• 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。
• But as Morgan Stanley points out, given off-book liabilities such as retirement, healthcare and education, the average consumer is practically in negative equity.
  但正如摩根士丹利（morganstanley）指出的那样，如果考虑到退休、医疗和教育等账外债务，中国普通消费者实际上是负资产。
• 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）。
• 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。