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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?3 ~! a G2 [' @
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent; M/ t; z9 u9 ~3 n; |9 f' T
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT# x( f9 |& _& [
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, T" ]4 r! ], K$ ZAt 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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7 K6 f) h! p8 W+ H3 Q5 z1 H8 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.8 c! J0 j. {5 I. I3 R: s
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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 Y! S# z* h& `3 _. N' ?3 d( {) Z* C, t
, _1 i- E# n% e1 }$ U/ j- G& hHousing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.+ v/ C$ t$ n% S2 s4 H# x
* l0 F- A6 P1 N. w2 E$ ^! CBut 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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: S% I" n3 J$ r" n8 wMcNaughton 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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$ `. X8 _+ ~) t1 J& o) zKevin 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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3 \4 h1 A8 D# N3 C8 [4 H. ?1 i"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.: j4 m' J: R7 D& c, U8 D
8 v3 p$ @3 I: s) FClients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.8 A3 C, A( X* y' K- y% e( E. y7 m
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