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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% a0 [) k& v; E; ?% c- h
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent, N3 U4 K* ~7 {! V6 h+ X
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT8 t& {: f- F- v7 P7 X/ Y3 F9 ]6 I
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5 j( m3 p0 N, M3 r% T, [) fAt 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.4 \( r# W! E I2 M l. A
% x; T% a3 u* S$ T6 V M' B9 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., X: J, _$ T! n% D* s
7 t. T& H7 C+ V& A8 h"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."' l5 [2 v0 e9 _' O, i
3 A* g$ R8 Z, 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. Z1 m2 F" ?: q3 v
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Kevin Clark, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, said almost half of the properties that sold in December went at a reduced price.8 i/ J7 T" L& o, g' V& r
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"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.- r* Y4 _& X9 w2 T, ]- v( Q
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