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CBC关于卡城待售房40%空置率的原文 -- 醉酒真的预测失败了吗?2 n' j( R/ A4 G. m5 B& U/ ^3 _4 X
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent
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At least a third of condos and houses on the market in Calgary are vacant, prompting concern from a real estate agent that sellers aren't being realistic about the price they hope to get for their properties.1 ?; q0 s: ] u9 [4 o0 x
7 U; [ `; X9 b9 o7 S4 }"Sellers are having a hard time grasping that we are not in early last year's market," said Kristen McNaughton, a Calgary real estate agent.3 a" t. G% K: H$ a* W( e- f
9 }" A# t; m. ?! \4 @"In the fall, we definitely saw a dip, and it cooled down to more of a balanced market and that's what needed to happen."8 A- x4 s5 G& V, L) _4 U
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Housing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.
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( V! Q1 S- w% c2 R& }' @" _But as a new year begins, the Calgary Real Estate Board said the vacancy rate in listed houses has reached 33 per cent, while in condos it is at 40 per cent.% w2 x: }% x. z5 M7 H" n
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McNaughton said sellers with vacant properties may have bought in hopes of reselling, or recently moved to newly built homes. The next two weeks will say a lot about the 2007 market, she said, with sellers either pulling their properties off the market to rent them, or lowering their prices.
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9 Z7 e9 ~% @! s! e% e( uKevin Clark, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, said almost half of the properties that sold in December went at a reduced price.6 R/ S! B; b s* U1 q9 p0 E4 H$ M5 s
& D0 e) P# |- V; @/ z& l"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.
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9 M& O0 ^2 j! PClients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.. X! U1 m6 _* }5 K
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