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Government says yes to making subletting easier

Business & Money: 12 Apr 12
The Swedish government has proposed to loosen current restrictions facing flat owners who want to sublet their apartments in an effort to help ease the current housing crunch in large cities. READ »

Sweden looks to make subletting flats easier

Business & Money: 30 Mar 12
Sweden is looking at loosening current restrictions facing flat owners who want to sublet their apartments in an effort to help ease the current housing crunch in large cities. READ »

Swedish apartment prices suffer steep drop

Business & Money: 17 Jan 12
Apartment prices in Sweden plummeted 11 percent in December, ending a year marked by flat or declining real estate prices across the country, according to new statistics. READ »

'Record number' of homes for sale in Sweden

Business & Money: 29 Dec 11
The number of houses and apartments for sale in Sweden is nearing record highs, according to a Swedish real estate listing service. READ »

Sweden Democrat wins damages for racist jibes

Society: 21 Oct 11
A Sweden Democrat politician from Malmö who was called a “bloody foreigner” by the chair of her housing association has been awarded 180,000 kronor ($27,000) in damages for racial discrimination. READ »

More Swedes having three kids: study

Society: 23 Jun 11
Since the 1990's it has become increasingly more common for Swedish families to choose to have a third child, a new study from Statistics Sweden shows. READ »

Reinfeldt under fire over housing comments

Politics: 15 Feb 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has courted criticism from some quarters for suggesting that Stockholm's rental housing market is not performing as smoothly as it could. READ »

Reinfeldt slams Stockholm rental 'market'

Business & Money: 14 Feb 11
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has criticised the system for how rental apartments are apportioned in Stockholm, advocating that rental apartments in the Swedish capital be converted to tenant-owner apartments. READ »

Swedish flat prices more than double since 2000

Business & Money: 18 Jan 11
While Swedish apartment prices have risen by more than 150 percent in the last 10 years, housing prices dipped overall in December, according to new statistics. READ »

Swedish apartment prices hit 'all-time high'

Business & Money: 14 Dec 10
Prices for apartments in Sweden have climbed to their highest levels ever in the last quarter, a property agency has revealed. READ »

Sharp increase in tenant-owner evictions

Business & Money: 8 Nov 10
An increasing number of tenant-owner occupiers are being evicted from their properties, with a 107 cases reported in 2010 to date. READ »

'Dodgy' flat rental dogs Moderates' Arkelsten

National: 29 Oct 10
The Moderates' party secretary, Sofia Arkelsten, was fending off new criticism on Friday after it was revealed she secured a first-hand rental contract from Stockholm’s “king” of black market flat rentals. READ »

Swedish apartment construction takes off

Business & Money: 13 Oct 10
Construction of new apartments in Sweden is approaching levels not seen since the height of the mid-2000s boom, with industry groups forecasting a need for thousands of new workers as a result. READ »

Apartment prices fall in Stockholm

Business & Money: 17 May 10
Prices for apartments in Stockholm fell in April, with market commentators claiming that this could indicate a broader fall in the hitherto booming housing market across Sweden. READ »

Thousands of apartments rented illegally

National: 14 Apr 10
Four of out ten apartments in Stockholm are sublet on illegal contracts, a new survey shows, with Malmö also witnessing an upsurge in black market rentals. READ »

'Backward' rental market must be fixed: expert

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, according to a new report published this week. The Local has found that behind the heated dialogue there lie few easy solutions. READ »

Two year wait for Stockholm flat: report

National: 8 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, rising to as much as 20 years for attractive areas. In many comparable EU cities apartments can be found immediately, a new survey shows. READ »

Job losses lead to spike in forced home sales

Business & Money: 20 May 09
More and more Swedes are having their homes repossessed and sold through executive auction as household budgets tighten in the wake of job losses caused by the economic crisis. READ »

Immigrants key to new housing law's success

National: 19 May 09
Recent legislative changes intended to allow full apartment ownership in Sweden have not had as popular a response as anticipated, but immigrants could be the answer, said Agneta Ericsson of the National Land Survey of Sweden (Lantmäteriet) on Tuesday. READ »

'Black market' Swedish flat leases sold openly on the internet

Society: 3 Feb 09
Stockholm has long had a problem with housing shortages, and as a result a black market in rental contracts. But now the illegal market has gone mainstream and leases are being sold openly on the internet. READ »

Owner-occupied flats coming to Sweden

National: 11 Nov 08
Sweden has taken another step toward owner-occupied apartments, with the government proposing the new type of housing be introduced on May 1st, 2009. READ »

Do I have to pay tax when I sell my house?

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Oct 08
Ask The Local: People who sell their Swedish homes at a profit and move abroad can end up with a hefty tax bill. We find out what the deal is. READ »

Crisis hits Sweden's housing market

Business & Money: 21 Oct 08
Shockwaves from the financial crisis are rippling through Sweden’s housing market, resulting in falling prices and accelerating the already slowing pace of new construction. READ »

Thousands of rental flats privatized

Business & Money: 3 Oct 08
Private owners have taken over 16,000 municipal rental apartments since the 2006 elections. READ »

Can they stop me renting out my flat?

Lifestyle: 26 Sep 08
Ask The Local: Can you be prevented from renting out your own apartment if you leave Sweden? We find out what the rules are. READ »

Housing reform would 'force 50,000 to move'

Business & Money: 8 Sep 08
The proposal put forward by a state inquiry into Sweden’s housing market would most affect people with low incomes, claims the head of the national tenant association. READ »

'My rent has been hiked 20 percent - what are my rights?'

Lifestyle: 7 Aug 08
Ask The Local: Every week we will be answering readers' questions about Sweden. This week, John from Skåne wants to know what he can do about an unwelcome rent increase. READ »

Owner-occupied apartment proposal moves forward

National: 29 Apr 08
The government has suggested that owner-occupied apartments be introduced next year, but only as a part of new production. READ »

Housing reforms stoke debate

Society: 18 Apr 08
A new government report has suggested controversial changes to the rules governing residential rental properties in Sweden. READ »

Sweden ends discrimination against EU apartment buyers

Business & Money: 2 Nov 07
Sweden has given in to EU pressure and made it easier to carry over capital gains tax when moving overseas by abolishing a rule that failed to recognize foreign forms of apartment ownership. READ »

Buying a Swedish apartment: an auction by SMS

Lifestyle: 21 Mar 07
With rental apartments like gold dust, many people new to Sweden are forced to buy a home just to get a roof over their heads. Charlotte West navigates the frantic process of buying a Swedish flat. READ »

Uproar over eviction of old woman

Society: 24 Sep 06
A national controversy has broken out after a housing association in Sundsvall decided to evict an 83-year old woman with Parkinson's after she was late with her rent. READ »


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