011 houses and apartment Beginner A: I like this apartment. Do you think we can afford the mortgage? B: yes. I think so. Its not a very expensive apartment. Its in the right area and it has everything that we are looking for. The rooms are quite lar

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 情景英语口语100主题

Theinvestors see this and want a piece of the action, and this gives Wall Streetan idea. They can connect the investors to the homeowners through mortgages. Hereshow it works. A familywants a house, so they save for a downpayment, and contact the mor

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语解说豆知识2010年

Europe is suffering from its worst ever real-estate market. And one country that seems to be pushing back hard at its government is Spain. More than two months after Spain's so-called indignados began occupying city squares to protest high unemployme

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年7月

Reporter: Vikram Pandit is here. He became CEO of Citigroup in December 2007, less than a year ago. He now finds himself leading the company during its most difficult time. He joins me for his first television interview since the economic crisis engu

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President Bush Discusses Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you very much. David, thank you for the introduction, and thank you for the warm welcome. I'm pleased to be here at Guernsey Office

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 04 March 2008 A rate increase by Australia's central bank is putting a heavy burden on many of the nation's homeowners. Rates have been increased to more than seven percent, in a move aimed at curbing rising inflation.Phil Merce

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

Central bank chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that the U.S. home mortgage market is still not functioning properly and more needs to be done to promote a recovery. Ben Bernanke (file photo) Bernanke spoke at housing conference held at the Federal

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

By Barry Wood Washington 24 October 2007 Financial experts addressing a home builders conference in Washington Wednesday issued grim forecasts, suggesting that the U.S. housing slump is likely to get worse and continue for at least another year. VOA'

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Mil Arcega Washington 11 March 2008 Despite losses in the billions of dollars in risky home loans, those who run the companies responsible for so-called subprime loans reported huge earnings last year. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill questioned the chie

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

The U.S. housing industry, where experts believe the economic crisis began, is the target of President Barack Obama's latest initiative to strengthen the economy. Mr. Obama has unveiled a $75 billion plan to prevent as many as nine million Americans

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年2月

今天我们要学的词是refinance。Finance, 意思是融资,加上前缀r-e, 变成refinance, 意思就是再融资,重新贷款。最近一段时间,房屋贷款利率跌至历史最低水平。投资顾问说: Those who refinance will fin

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By Jeff Swicord Cleveland, Ohio 18 March 2008 The subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has rattled financial markets around the world. The crisis has triggered home foreclosures across the country, causing thousands of Americans to lose thei

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

American and international financial markets are welcoming word that the U.S. government is taking over two troubled institutions that back roughly half the country's home mortgages. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the Bush administration says it took t

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

By Barry Wood Washington 13 November 2007 With world credit markets still not functioning smoothly, experts say inadequate US regulation is largely to blame for the home loan related credit squeeze that surfaced last August. VOA's Barry Wood has more

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Ayesha Tanzeem | New York City 08 May 2010 There were tough questions and protesters outside Goldman Sachs' annual shareholder meeting, this week. But as the chief executive of the giant Wall Street firm promised it would review its own business prac

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

The U.S. housing sector remains weak, two years into an unprecedented decline. House prices, house sales, and house construction are all continuing to fall. 美国的房屋市场依然疲软,房价已经史无前例地连续两年下跌。美国的房

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Continued economic weakness has led to another round of interest rate cuts in Europe, while the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits has reached a 26-year high. 经济持续疲软引发欧洲新一轮利率削减,与此同时,美国申

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Central bank chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that the U.S. home mortgage market is still not functioning properly and more needs to be done to promote a recovery. 美国联邦储备委员会主席伯南克星期四说,美国的房贷市场情况仍

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Acting amid more bad news about the pace of home mortgage foreclosures in the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives approved by a vote of 234 to 191 legislation that would allow judges to order changes in mortgage terms to help more Americ

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Today the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, lowered the official cash rate (OCR) to 2.5%. This is down 50 points from the 12th March. It is also a huge change from July last year when the OCR was at a high point of 8.25%. In July 2007, t

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