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2 i n/ y* f* ]$ n6 PSellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent
4 K; w2 `# y- J5 a4 @2 |3 vLast Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT
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3 u+ W! j h$ Y; p1 J3 W! y$ jAt 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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0 P$ G0 |$ t" P) Q" Q"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.: h4 m+ f1 r- K: d. K
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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."( M5 `$ l, X I3 F& J6 n' V. J E
w0 t: T* K8 b" l" n- n, \/ pHousing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.1 E3 O; C- _1 ^4 Z8 v
3 c, }5 ]! S; D" ?5 D8 X8 S- qBut as a new year begins, the Calgary Real Estate Board said the vacancy rate in listed houses has reached 33 per cent, while in condos it is at 40 per cent.1 [1 n/ j( C+ k, z& i$ E, ?
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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.
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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.
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"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said." G0 I, p0 K z9 b+ q, d2 f- f+ P
3 C$ j( O: A4 U% i) K. ^4 T3 kClients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.! o: v: F9 F( }) B" A
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