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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?
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: j, [$ R6 g! V( A" g {& K2 y. YSellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent( P( q- S1 F6 m. w Y, e
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT( M+ z" R: b- P: Y5 [& M
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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.% n7 `- [ q0 _2 _6 y. V
* u4 t) m* z* ~% W"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.& J! P) `" W0 P- x D
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"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."
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8 i( s) [8 H% C9 AHousing 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.; N- B" q. g! m! T9 K
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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.0 B% w: h1 {( p0 \8 G
4 A* _+ g( X5 {7 b# K* c t( cMcNaughton 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.: I/ k5 p) R* c6 I
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Kevin Clark, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, said almost half of the properties that sold in December went at a reduced price.
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D. K0 ]% j+ w"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.
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Clients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.
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