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发表于 2007-11-4 20:11 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Sun, November 4, 2007
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Rent crunch to worsen
; G, Q5 L/ S' }Vacancy rate forecasted to dip to under 1%
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By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA
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Think the rental market is tight now? Just wait until next year. ! P7 i: Y( q1 i  J+ M# O

* Y' M; q% t4 M! r$ s( ~2 P7 _That's when the apartment vacancy rate in Edmonton is forecasted to dip below the current 1% - making it that much harder for already frustrated renters to find a place to live. * z$ [6 w# {3 ?

0 V3 M/ Y8 [& F- G& N"It's just getting retarded," said Jasmine, who asked her last name not be printed. 9 o- D9 l9 m9 b9 k7 J3 a* y* o
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SIX MONTHS LOOKING
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! U6 j- V5 e" dJasmine said she's already spent more than six months trying to find a decent place for her and her fiance to rent with no luck. 8 Q! |3 @" v( P2 i# _
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For now, the couple has been living with her brother and mother in a three-bedroom government-subsidized housing unit. ( V* i. W5 d* V1 q+ d
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They have been scouring the city for anything - but have found nothing in their price range, around $1,100.
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) A* D5 E9 [0 W* Y. T"I graduated from college, but I'm still working two to three jobs just to supplement the rent payments," she said. 7 H% z, [3 [' P) c% U4 @: ^

0 t6 c, ~$ b' E3 hAccording to new numbers from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), the apartment vacancy rate for Edmonton is a minuscule 1%.
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The rent crunch isn't expected to get any better with the agency pegging the rate next October at just 0.8%. : `# U; d7 {% q% s' z/ S4 J; g
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A limited supply of new rental buildings is keeping the market tight, according to the CMHC's outlook for Edmonton, released this week. Apartments being converted into condos is further keeping a stranglehold on renters.
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; I6 M$ T6 h6 E/ d& x" JRates are staying high with the average rent for two-bedroom apartments at $950 a month, up from $877 a month in October 2006. 2 ~# J; w& f$ m+ l" K
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"With the rental rates being so high, you can only do so much," said Jasmine. ( c) v# c% l/ y; l0 Q

; ]) b$ m* d1 g# Y: ^Making it worse, she has pets, and few places accept animals.
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Meanwhile, house sellers are facing a crunch of their own. % H# W0 q7 R: M/ N9 j
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With a growing inventory, high prices, and wary buyers, houses can be on the market for months. The CMHC predicts listing periods will get even longer in the new year. / }" t& B( S( D1 t5 M: B, V

* E/ ]  t) {0 v4 D1 x  m5 O' c"It's been slow," said Alana Schulte, whose Goldbar home has been up for sale since June.
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! n5 r+ w. y' l& s8 s& k4 W% \"Shoppers are shopping around a lot more now. They're taking their time. I have had one couple who have come in four times now, but they're not in any rush to make an offer."
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Originally listed at $450,000, in late August, she dropped her price to $400,000 to entice buyers. So far, there have been only lookers. 5 f- Q% e" @! g* j1 ^

# r: C& e2 |: i+ z" [Schulte bought the house for $165,000 less than five years ago.
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/ ]" [( Y' d5 D$ ?( ~Home prices skyrocketed because of investors buying up properties, said realtor Abe Hering.
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7 W  D$ `+ Z/ }"The investors were causing the market to spiral."
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+ I4 I" Q/ ]0 `' C/ T* aHering said there's just not enough of them to cause a real frenzy and they're often nervous about the high prices. 2 @7 E1 m/ v" `# e3 s2 f
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The Edmonton Real Estate Board recently reported the average single-family home in Edmonton sold for $399,555 in September, down 1% from the previous month.
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发表于 2007-11-5 09:42 | 显示全部楼层
现在是大家的日子都不好过:
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没房的, 房租在上涨.
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 楼主| 发表于 2007-11-5 18:40 | 显示全部楼层
I wondered that how much the rental would be going up for just two bedroom apartment next year???
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发表于 2007-11-5 18:44 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
原帖由 水管工 于 2007-11-5 09:42 发表 6 e- l- K3 W$ b) I; n" t4 _
现在是大家的日子都不好过:
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没房的, 房租在上涨.

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 楼主| 发表于 2007-11-6 18:29 | 显示全部楼层

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