Although the market has been flat, residential property costs remain high. Nevertheless, the fall-off in demand has had an impact on resale values.
尽管市场一直疲软，房价持续偏高。然而需求的减少还是对二手房价格产生了影响。
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Food sourced locally is generally fresher than food brought in from far away, and the energy costs and related environmental impact of getting it to market is just bound to be lower in most cases.
当地生产的食品相比较于外地产的要更加新鲜；通常，当地产的食品免去了运输，降低了能耗，更为环保。
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Based on Corporate Governance framework, this paper analyzes the impact of agency costs on the audit fees by using Chinese A-stock market panel data from 2001 to 2003.