Here at Ohio State, where housing was tight, they were told to work out the problem.

在住房紧张的俄亥俄州，他们被告知要解决这个问题。

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The basic problem is that the housing price bubble that inflated over recent decades has popped and continues to deflate.

基本问题是近几十年来产生的房屋价格泡沫已经破灭并在持续收缩中。

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Raising interest rates would have been another, much blunter solution to the problem of an overheating housing market.

提升利率是另一个解决过热的房地产市场的略显拙劣的方案。

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What we really ought to be doing here is concentrating on fixing the financial system and the housing problem.

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While the economic problem is housing prices, the financial problem is much bigger.

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It is an intriguing policy for a number of reasons, not least because some would say it is counter-intuitive to tackle the problem of housing that's too expensive for young people by stimulating prices.

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Housing where Gordon has accepted there's a real problem about affordable housing and we're now striking out on that.

BBC: Jack Straw MP. photo courtesy Jeff Overs