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In some countries, real estate agents negotiating with prospective clients who want to sell their houses all recommend initial asling prices that are as high as the current market permits. They do this because potential sellers are more likely to entrust their houses to the agent who values them highest. In a housing market with falling demand, the predictable result is a sharper drop in the number of houses sold than the drop in demand alone would account for.
Which of the following, if true, best explains the result described as predictable above?
(A) A drop in demand for houses depresses prices disproportionately if earlier strong demand stimulated much new construction.
(B) Real estate agents do not earn the commission on houses they help sell untill the sale is actually excecuted.
(C) Many people sell their old house below the asking price in rder to obtain the funds to buy a new one.
(D) In a housing market with rising demand, even housed that were originallly overpriced usually sell at the asking price.
(E) For many sellers of houses, the initial asking price comes to represent the true value, below which they will not sell. →正解
本文の最後のセンテンス「In a housing 〜」があまりよく分りません。
「住宅が減っている住宅市場では、予測できる結果は、需要の減少よりも住宅の数の減少のほうがより急速である」？？？
aloneの役割がよく分かりません。
（Ｅ）が正解であるというプロセスまで含めてご説明いただけると幸いです。
どなたかよろしくお願いします。
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