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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?/ H i& f) t5 d+ a
1 w' x; X: k7 a- y& B2 ]Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent0 o# i* N8 m+ X% c# l+ [) Q3 }) W
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.( f& o9 D3 g, q
$ T% m2 N' {5 C; z"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.. V- u$ ^0 j5 x( B2 F. |7 A
( B) K$ Y) n" H' \0 U' }6 S"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."# ]- \0 s* p5 ]4 q. l9 e) S/ \; A. a
3 Q- ~! j: {+ a9 n3 t- DHousing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.' l4 F1 S& K$ I2 z
4 [% `$ c( R, n8 J$ LBut 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.- u9 ^4 S5 F6 e0 n7 b$ I
9 S$ t) n6 E& \: j# T$ X" KMcNaughton 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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4 o3 u9 y4 F& j5 |9 U/ W2 LKevin Clark, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, said almost half of the properties that sold in December went at a reduced price.3 N& C2 X- r" K+ b! O9 c
) M* r) `$ J+ h$ g! M"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.$ |4 R M( F& _; o. _# c" X
) T ]" d# J& O, HClients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.
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