Now you have negative equity and owe the bank almost $400,000.
你现在持有的房产净值为负，倒欠银行将近 400，000 美元。
经济学人（汇总）
Many new homeowners are in negative equity, with a growing number in arrears on their mortgage payments.
许多新的房主都陷入了负资产的困境，拖欠抵押贷款的现象越来越频繁。
经济学人 Finance and economics
This leaves new owners at greater risk of being pushed into negative equity, which makes it hard to move house or remortgage.
这使得新业主面临更大的被推入负资产的风险，这使得搬家或转按变得困难。
经济学人 Finance and economics
In Britain, a 20% fall in house prices would leave as many as 5% of mortgages in negative equity, according to Neal Hudson of Residential Analysts, a consultancy.
Negative equity occurs when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan. 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".