The International Monetary Fund last week released the second payment of a controversial The United States, which has the largest voting share on the IMF's executive board, was seen as attempting to delay the huge loan to pressure Sri Lanka to address human rights issues in the country.

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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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That means that if you fail to pay on the loan, the property is taken by the lender to satisfy your debts.

这意味着如果你不能偿付贷款,这项资产会归债权人所有以清偿你的债务

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It tells how--there's a conforming loan limit that is a limit on how much Fannie and Freddie -how big a mortgage they can make to one homeowner.

两者都有一个贷款限额标准,也就是限定房利美和房地美,面向单个购房者的抵押贷款额度

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It was just part of the new President Bush's plan to increase the conforming loan limits on Fannie and Freddie to allow them to lend at a higher price.

小布什总统的政策之一就是,增加房利美和房地美的贷款限额,以便让他们可以在高房价下继续贷款

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