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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 Q* I; ?+ K7 \$ @, g7 \
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent5 E& Y+ z4 L" o- L1 Z$ c! o$ R1 ]
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT
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( O3 q+ H+ I# s( VAt 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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"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.1 {& \1 J( M' V1 [. c5 v
4 t/ [! |5 j1 X: O) t) u, H"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."' e; }1 }9 G' D! r# o( C
! e2 o) z! W" H, L e! d, JHousing 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.: f8 ?2 q) h. U7 w. J( ^
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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.
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0 q/ L9 r7 E* L# ?1 @* e4 Q0 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.4 f- e) H9 X6 V% @4 u
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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. P# h( R# B3 K# ~- N5 R2 a
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