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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?5 R% S c2 k- V$ O/ Z
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent' @/ o. p& s. o. h& K) ^
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT! V' s! q" K1 R5 o& x
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4 F7 i2 `, J. V) AAt 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.# f. l$ h6 [; N7 u
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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.- H" v' O! ^0 L2 a/ G4 B- W4 Y) i7 O. s+ i$ L
+ P. ?4 t, H' d' }& t& ?"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."8 m# n- C0 T) _4 N. u! |
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Housing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.1 {' t6 P1 [% ]; s! v, x
/ u9 Y" u9 n5 Y6 s* H, P! xBut as a new year begins, the Calgary Real Estate Board said the vacancy rate in listed houses has reached 33 per cent, while in condos it is at 40 per cent.7 T. M/ }* n4 k& J9 L( o9 E: I; {
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McNaughton said sellers with vacant properties may have bought in hopes of reselling, or recently moved to newly built homes. The next two weeks will say a lot about the 2007 market, she said, with sellers either pulling their properties off the market to rent them, or lowering their prices.
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5 H p8 ~* }$ v( c/ N+ G) O% T+ ~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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1 t3 G: I% P5 q"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.0 Z% |' H1 {0 l9 A( V9 d: e
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