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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?1 Q3 H8 Y+ Y; N& t- U4 K" P, h: D
! s7 [4 ~1 s; q' HSellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent
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) P/ ~6 o* P: Q& 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.
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$ v! C) W x4 @; ]" A# x"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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"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."1 _; u) D. M, M4 o& ?5 `) Y9 E
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Housing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.
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But as a new year begins, the Calgary Real Estate Board said the vacancy rate in listed houses has reached 33 per cent, while in condos it is at 40 per cent.$ _ j/ M5 b2 P3 S2 u, n5 d s4 {6 G8 w
8 f1 {+ @: H: i/ h1 B5 rMcNaughton 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., N) X. X W# g4 t' ]% ~( Z- |4 ]
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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.% h7 p. k& Q4 n! F4 w3 L- n
. y; C# p& F5 B6 r) x+ K' f* T! w"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.8 B% X# O0 u% r4 r- [7 L( T: P
! A: M8 X# O" S( P- GClients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.: x# D m5 V- s- D* |
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