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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?0 c( \+ B, i; n& v$ x4 [9 S! y
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent
' q! f6 K7 G# C' s( t( _5 b6 ULast Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT6 f/ G; c0 S' N, f
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6 E% j C! e9 i' E7 N( YAt 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.- v2 b# l& O/ H1 w# V+ S9 }
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"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.9 T5 @% ?8 h& A) J- F; P! E/ x" h
& x6 y( b& `& j5 o4 l2 r"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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; M# _/ d2 N8 r# y- QHousing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.
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) K" y' A: g3 ZBut as a new year begins, the Calgary Real Estate Board said the vacancy rate in listed houses has reached 33 per cent, while in condos it is at 40 per cent.
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0 d$ ]3 M# ^7 i- mMcNaughton 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.% y" K: Y& @( R* D
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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." r. b* ?6 P8 d. o3 E+ ?
9 o+ c, s0 I- ` |3 P0 ]" L+ p"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.2 G8 I8 G/ e% }0 ?, A% H
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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. Z. Y8 _3 a; g e
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