最紧急的一项是潜伏的抵押贷款,差不多25%的美国家庭都有超过其房屋价值的抵押贷款。
The most urgent item is the festering mass of underwater mortgages. Almost 25% of homeowners with mortgages owe more than their houses are worth.
例如,2006年底,英国家庭房屋抵押贷款负债相当于可支配收入的126%,而美国仅为104%。
To take one example, at the end of 2006, household mortgage debt was 126 per cent of disposable income, against a mere 104 per cent in the US.
德银证券(Deutsche Bank Securities)的分析师预计,到2010年底前,将有2,100万户美国家庭在抵押贷款上的债务超过房屋净值。
Analysts at Deutsche Bank Securities expect 21 million U.S. households to end up owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth by the end of 2010.
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