A mortgage lender doesn't want to lend more than the property is worth because that would mean a loan-to-value ratio over one.

抵押贷款的贷方,借给你的钱不会超过财产本身价值,因此贷款价值比率就会大于1

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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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Mortgages are debts secured by property as collateral.

抵押贷款是以财产作为抵押的债务

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