The history of mortgages is that they have generally over time gotten more easy on loan-to-value ratio and also on maturity.

从抵押贷款的历史来看,随着时间推移,抵押贷款,对于贷款价值比和期限越来越宽松

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The loan-to-value ratio--well it's not so much the loan--the maturity was short and the balloon payment at the end that they changed.

贷款价值比率,不,就是期限太短了,期末大额偿还也是罪魁祸首

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