To be upside down on your mortgage
French translation: la valeur de votre bien est inférieure au solde de votre emprunt
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| 4 +2 | la valeur de votre bien est inférieure au solde de votre emprunt |
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| 3 | manquer à rembourser/en retard de paiement de son prêt hypothécaire |
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| to be upside down on your mortgage manquer à rembourser/en retard de paiement de son prêt hypothécaire Explanation: I think it just means that this person is in arrears on their mortgage repayments |
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peer agreement (net): +2| to be upside down on your mortgage la valeur de votre bien est inférieure au solde de votre emprunt Explanation: C'est la situation de "negative equity". On dit "fonds propres négatifs" quand il s'agit d'une entreprise. Mais s'il s'agit de particuliers, je ne crois pas qu'il existe une expression consacrée en FR-FR. |
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| Reference: upside down Reference information: In the United States, assets (particularly real estate, whose loans are mortgages) with negative equity are often referred to as being "underwater", and loans and borrowers with negative equity are said to be "upside down". People and companies alike may have negative equity, as reflected on their balance sheets. Negative equity - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_equity |
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