It has taken us two years to settle the loan, but at last we are paid up.

为偿付那笔债务花了我们两年时间，但终于付清了。

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Lenders tend to be paid a fee of between an eighth and ahalf of a percentage point of the loan balance, so $500 would eat up the firstyear's fees on a $100,000 loan.

贷方倾向于按照贷款额的千分之5和千分之1.25的比例来收费，所以对一笔100，000美元的贷款而言，第一年的费用可能就是500美元。

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The lender pays you, and the loan can be set up so that you can get paid in a lump sum, you can get paid regular monthly amount, or you can get paid at The Times and in the amounts you request.

放款自付你和贷款可以成立，使您可以在支付一笔，你可以领到工资每月定期金额或者，你可以领到工资的时间和金额，你的请求。

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Securitisation created a serious agency problem, leaving loan originators, who were paid up-front, with no incentive to avoid bad credits and every reason to piggyback inappropriate products onto good ones (in one particularly depressing tale, a retired postal worker whose mortgage is almost paid off is switched to an interest-only product that leaves him in danger of losing his home).

ECONOMIST: The credit crunch

How will the bailout loan be re-paid, or will Cyprus - like Greece, Spain and Portugal - end up facing years of hardship?

BBC: EU leaders gamble in Cyprus bank bailout