The resulting boom in home-ownership has been a huge factor in the emergence of a prosperous middle class-now grappling with the unfamiliar horrors of a falling market.

• 由拥有房屋而激发出来的结果，已经成为繁荣的中产阶级兴起的重要因素--他们现正在被衰退的市场所带来的未知的恐慌所折磨。