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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( T; ]9 `- M0 c8 A) r4 Q7 {& p
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent0 o a8 a- ~' \/ t! e8 f
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT0 D/ f7 R H* O, q& I
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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., [9 ], `! p R ~* ]" L
' A- d/ C( x+ s"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." h n! ^ r$ ~ E$ H9 j6 N! J
5 o9 Q, G( o6 {3 R"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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3 ]2 A% _+ d) s2 z( u# v. [" XHousing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.
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, q) t+ y3 v$ ?& P9 M: ?! J3 _3 e9 sBut 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.$ b9 @3 Q& v% ] ]0 K
; ^8 [$ Q% d1 }2 ?! T& N, D* U6 hMcNaughton 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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Kevin Clark, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, said almost half of the properties that sold in December went at a reduced price.& a% @- s" K8 E! K; p/ i& L p
$ {) ?( n7 ~8 H' v' r! v"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.. I( }$ }0 p# F! N B
* O. O: W- y- d: A3 D. m% t# M" Q$ aClients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.. z8 v5 G! w" V- {3 v: E( ?. L( `" T
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