Demand for complex mortgage securities led to a loosening of lending standards, which in turn drove house prices higher.

对复杂按揭债券的需求导致了信贷标准的放松，进而把房价抬得更高。

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To keep mortgage markets chugging along, the Treasury will become a buyer of last resort for bonds packaged by the agencies, purchasing them in the open market if demand slackens.

为使房屋抵押市场继续运行，财政部将成为这些公司一堆债券的最后购买者，如果需求放缓，将在公开市场上购买之。

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Of course, lower mortgage rate increases property demand.

当然，降低按揭利率也会增加房地产需求。

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That would reduce demand for mortgage paper, in addition to embedding a risk premium in the rate for those investors still willing to take the gamble.

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Investor demand for mortgage-backed securities--and banks' eagerness to buy loans, package and sell them to this hungry crowd--helped create the incredible run-up in the mortgage market over the last three years.

FORBES: Bush's Bad Mortgage Medicine

The provision wouldn't have a significant effect on mortgage demand because rates are at their lowest levels in decades, said Guy Cecala, publisher of Inside Mortgage Finance.

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