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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 v4 F9 l! r* m9 m0 X5 E( b' ^
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent6 o- z# ?2 B* B
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT$ t8 x: W* p4 K; V5 ^
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% k2 _( S$ |. M% C- S& N+ D) NAt 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.. u1 w! c J6 w" O% v0 G! K
: o! q$ i X- H! q6 Z8 M, J' n"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 m, [! N- o- X i1 j. r
" b9 S/ l, a! a, W% A"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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7 F% p: q: f5 w: v9 sHousing 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. k; b& x1 Q' @4 m. |7 _. l
4 Q' |% J/ H3 \! a# Z; GBut 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. B3 R# O- K2 F7 sMcNaughton 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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6 | I2 i9 J ?1 ^- y! p9 JKevin 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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8 p7 y; u0 v& D7 O7 b% j"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.+ J# u+ l/ {, r. y' g
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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.% E% I9 |3 e) N% N, B
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