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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?
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' o1 [5 f& a \Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent8 ~) t+ W# @3 R. |. A
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT, s! C; U. k; L6 F+ j5 ^* M& N# K
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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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' w) M) n0 C9 y* e"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.
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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."; [/ I, Z' ~' K" s. S8 S
0 o5 L+ ^# f+ \- K; e$ 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.7 i( }/ j3 V. T: G) w
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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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V+ ]8 u; r+ j ~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.8 \- a& P G6 @
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0 ^' C1 y9 O9 k! uKevin 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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9 r4 r1 O7 e# ?# M' A" N"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.# A6 ^( w4 m. Z5 ?
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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.
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