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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? K, s- Y6 O+ C% B6 g5 n
O B4 m9 N1 p5 hSellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent+ o* O" G( g* U
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT
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At 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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2 x# r" C3 f, m4 v# U"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.5 b# \! }! S5 o
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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."
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6 Q6 c. s$ J( j' S0 FHousing 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.
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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.; U6 a% ]' f5 ]% ~
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" U! H4 q4 r2 S ~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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2 j/ G4 ^9 z+ \, z& x, L"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.1 @+ t; F7 L2 s1 i5 ?1 b
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