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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?$ u. M# p. ^. ? D6 w8 F. Q9 x
4 S- L, P5 T+ Z$ g! e* B; W5 VSellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent
5 {3 v7 w! z; j5 V, [: ?/ |- nLast Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT
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' }- P* T, R1 MAt 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.7 L+ {( Z, r1 C) p) |3 ]
7 ]0 d+ ~' u3 d3 W; T0 V: `: r"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.
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' U8 t% @% }3 ?3 P0 U7 W/ r9 ]3 |"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."& b, T. z2 h* z+ ^% u0 J. h0 g
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Housing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.& {4 j ^0 X4 F$ t# @
$ q( ]8 j' h; j# C. P$ F6 UBut 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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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.0 M8 [4 W U$ U6 t& S# @ f, X6 E" b
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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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"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.+ {) F+ t; M' Z4 K
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