The latest trend is for home-owners to carry out improvements before selling their properties.最近，屋主在卖房子前一般都会先修缮一下。The latest rise in interest rates is bad news for home-owners.最近利率调高，这对房主来说是个坏消息。Snobbish home-owners are protesting about a refugee family moving into their street.势利眼的房主们在抗议一个难民家庭搬进他们的街道。