都說“丈母娘看女婿，越看越喜歡”。可近幾年來，不斷有人指出，丈母娘才是中國房價不斷攀升的主因，沒有房的女婿，丈母娘是不會要的。

"Mother-in-law syndrome" is the idea that Chinese mothers-in-law are driving up the price of real estate by refusing to allow their daughters to marry men who are not homeowners.

“岳母綜合征”指有人認(rèn)為中國的岳母們是房地產(chǎn)價格不斷攀升的背后動力，因為她們不允許自己的女兒嫁給沒有房的男人。

Men are pouring all their savings in real estate market as a means of improving their chances of finding Mrs. Right, or any Mrs. for that matter.

男人們將所有的積蓄都投入房地產(chǎn)市場，希望以此提高自己找到另一半的幾率。

A study shows that 30 to 48 percent (or $8 trillion worth) of the real estate appreciation in 35 major Chinese cities is directly correlated with China's sex-ratio imbalance and a man's need to acquire wealth (property) in order to attract a wife.

有研究顯示，35個中國主要城市的房地產(chǎn)價值增幅中有30%到48%（價值80億美元）與中國的性別比例失衡以及男性為尋求伴侶而產(chǎn)生的購房需求直接相關(guān)。

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