If you put a property up as collateral, then the lender knows that they can get the money back from you.

如果你以资产作抵押,贷方就知道债务偿还有了保障

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The collateral could be a number of things including mortgages--securitized mortgages that are risky and dangerous assets.

抵押品可是很多种东西,包括抵押贷款-证券化按揭贷款,这种有风险的，危险的资产。

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When you mortgage a property that means that you offer the property as collateral for a loan.

当你通过抵押贷款购买一项财产意味着,你需要抵押这项财产的所有权以获得贷款

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There are lots of costs, so you want to have a loan-to-value ratio, which is sufficiently low, that the collateral will cover the value of the loan.

那是一大笔开销,因此你要设定一个足够低的,贷款价值比率,使得抵押物价值能够为贷款提供保障

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