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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?* r6 M8 \, H8 [7 v1 |- E
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Sellers are overly optimistic: real estate agent5 W6 v5 |% X/ v3 R- A7 g9 O" I
Last Updated: Monday, January 15, 2007 | 3:32 PM MT
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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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"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.5 e9 J- g$ J7 K- X
. Y; X# o2 L2 g& g( `# W"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."/ y* s% j" A4 U3 Z6 G' U
# z9 Z f5 O; ?# ^2 J) G- q$ C9 V5 vHousing prices soared 38 per cent in Calgary in 2006, with the average price for a single-family home at $396,870. In 2005, prices went up 18 per cent.' Q, S) _ b$ l% C" ]
3 y& m! m. I8 R7 t5 m& X2 c+ k$ YBut 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.
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6 o8 A8 f! z$ w5 D Z' nKevin Clark, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board, said almost half of the properties that sold in December went at a reduced price.. j v, x6 a; a. @ N7 G- X
' e) w4 R+ i: q' D"There are properties that were overpriced, are still overpriced and haven't sold, and therefore becoming vacant," he said.
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- \, Y! H9 a9 R1 Q. U yClients unwilling to drop their prices are banking on the possibility that the market will again get red hot, McNaughton said.
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