Greedy investors have kept house prices high.

贪婪的开发商把房价搞得居高不下。

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Too high house prices can be brought under control, on condition that the authorities introduce a series of regulatory policies.

只要政府出台一系列调控政策，过高的房价就能得到控制。

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As they saw it, no matter how high stock prices rose relative to profits, or no matter how high house prices rose relative to rents, regulators deferred to the collective wisdom of the market.

在他们看来，不管股票价格相对于公司利润上升的有多高，抑或无论房屋价格相对于房租水平攀升的有多高，监管者都应该顺从市场的集体智慧。

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Lenders' write-offs have been surprisingly low during the latest downturn, largely because interest rates are low and house prices high.

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This was mostly down to high house prices, high youth unemployment, rising public debt and the cost of education, added Prof Sefton, who is also a quantitative analyst at UBS bank.

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And again, with house prices so high, that's looked like too high a hurdle for many borrowers who could get a nothing-down subprime loan instead.

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