Developers are currently in a better position than they were in 2008, when prices dropped dramatically and capital dried up, according to the agency.

根据该机构，目前正在开发一个更有利的地位比他们在2008年，那时价格大幅下降和资本枯竭。

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When petrol prices dropped and new technologies were developed, electric cars went out of fashion.

当汽油价格下降和新技术开发出来时，电动汽车就过时了。

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When halogen prices dropped amid fierce competition in the early 1990s, Mr. Yan switched to making compact-fluorescent bulbs, a market largely ignored by bigger manufacturers.

20世纪90年代初，卤素灯泡的价格因竞争激烈而下跌，严兆强由此转向生产节能萤光灯泡，这是一个很大程度上为大厂商所忽视的市场。

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European incentive programs threatened to spin out of control when solar module prices dropped - decreasing producers' costs - while the rates utilities had to pay to buy that power stayed high.

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He couldn't afford to maintain his plantation in the early 2000s when prices dropped.

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When oil prices dropped in the 1980s, the region suffered through stagnant growth.

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But those homeowners were caught in the game when housing prices dropped dramatically and houses could no longer be flipped.

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