Now over the past decades, more Americans than ever became homeowners for the first time, many of them we now find out couldnt handle their responsibility of maintaining those homes and it turns out they may have known that going in as well. Investm

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(206) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录2008

Spaniards Protest High Rate of Foreclosures, Debt 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

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(七月)

On Fridays we talk about your money, today Mortgage Before Marriage. The vast majority of home buyers are married couples. But in the past ten years, there has been a 50% increase in the number of unmarried couples and friends living together who own

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年NPR美国国家公共电台

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 17 March 2008 Stock markets in Japan and Hong Kong plummeted on fears that even heavyweights in the financial sector could collapse in the U.S sub-prime mortgage crisis. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, the U.S. dolla

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

By Barry Wood Washington 03 December 2007 The Bush administration has outlined measures intended to avoid a massive and potentially politically damaging wave of home foreclosures. VOA's Barry Wood has more from Washington. Treasury Secretary Henry Pa

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

As U.S. lawmakers grappled over a $700 billion dollar bank bailout plan, one of the nation's largest banks - Washington Mutual Incorporated - collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the U.S. mortgage market. From Washington, VOA's Pur

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

Markets made moderate gains Thursday on news that congressional leaders had agreed in principle to a bailout plan for troubled firms on Wall Street. But a White House meeting later in the day highlighted work that still needs to be done to reach a f

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The Bush administration says the U.S. economy will continue to experience slow growth in the months ahead, but is fundamentally sound. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson gave his assessment of econom

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

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. Houses for sale in Denver, Colorado Home prices in the United States have fallen over eight

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

U.S. lawmakers have accused major credit rating agencies of serious failures in how they assessed mortgage-backed securities and other investments. Executives of major firms, and former employees testified at a congressional hearing, the latest to e

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In his first parliamentary question session since last week's European leaders' summit where economics took center stage, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that many countries must brace for recession in the real economy. For VOA, Tom R

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

President Barack Obama's plan to aid millions of Americans who are at risk of losing their homes is getting a mixed review from state governors who gathered in Washington for a three-day meeting. A rash of home foreclosures helped plunge the United

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(二月)

B: Hello, Sir, may I help you? A: Yes. I would like some information for requesting a loan. B: Very well, here are the general terms of our loan policies. We pride ourselves in having the lowest interest rate in the country for personal loans. A: I s

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A: Welcome Mr and Mrs Carnwell, please take a seat. B: Thank you. A: So I understand that your family spending has skyrocketed and you want to start budgeting. C: Yes thats correct. Frankly speaking our household income is relatively high and we have

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Today, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Alan Bollard, dropped the official cash rate by ? of 1 percent to 7.5%. This rate affects how much the banks have to pay to borrow money overnight from the Reserve Bank. If the banks pay less, they can drop

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Once more the governor of the Reserve Bank, Alan Bollard, has cut the official cash rate, but this time by a large amount: 1.5%. This brings the official cash rate now to 5%, the lowest in a long time. This is the rate that banks pay to borrow overni

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By Brian Wagner Miami 24 April 2008 As the U.S. housing market continues a decline, home foreclosures across America have reached a three-decade high. For many Americans, the crisis is causing emotional as well as financial strain. VOA's Brian Wagner

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

The U.S. government says it will not take charge of the nation's two largest mortgage finance firms as their stock prices plunge in further signs of trouble for America's housing market. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Ene

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

Markets made moderate gains Thursday on news that congressional leaders had agreed in principle to a bailout plan for troubled firms on Wall Street. But a White House meeting later in the day highlighted work that still needs to be done to reach a fi

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By Kent Klein Washington 14 March 2008 The Chairman of the U.S. central bank says his agency will do everything it can to help American homeowners who have been hurt in the mortgage lending crisis. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. Chairman B

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