They lent with abandon for land speculation in the early 1990s.

在90年代初期时，银行对土地投机肆意放贷。

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They could reap the profits of land speculation by selling this farmland to rich and acquisitive landlords.

他们可以把土地转卖给那些富有而又极想扩大自己土地的地主，从中赚取土地投机的利润。

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Real estate is regarded as consumer goods and investment. Its price fluctuation is influenced by such factors as loan scale, market expectation, demand scale and land speculation.

房地产即是消费品又是投资品，其价格波动受贷款规模、市场预期、需求规模、土地投机等因素的影响。

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Having lived through a period of boom-and-bust land speculation, he distrusted paper money and banks.

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It is becoming such a concern that MPs are now calling for an investigation into land speculation.

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Alwaleed says he made his first big money in land speculation and the contracting business in Saudi Arabia.

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