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House prices in Sweden begin upward climb

Business & Money: 14 Feb 12
After observing a slight rise in real estate prices after the first month of 2012, Swedish realtors are hoping that this may be the beginning of a positive trend after last year's plummeting prices. READ »

Swedish realtors predict drop in house prices

Business & Money: 8 Dec 11
Fresh figures from the Association of Swedish Real Estate Agents show that 54 percent believe that houses prices will fall in the near future. READ »

Swedish housing prices head south

Business & Money: 14 Sep 11
The last three months show a distinct slowdown on the Swedish housing market, according to Sweden’s real estate statistics website Mäklarstatistik. READ »

Swedish housing market continues to slide

Business & Money: 16 Aug 11
Flat prices fell by 6 percent in Sweden and house prices by 2 percent in July compared to the previous month, according to new statistics. READ »

Sweden has housing bubble: politician

National: 24 Jul 11
Falling housing prices in Sweden, coupled with a shrinking turnover on the housing market and rising interest rates are increasing the risk of a possible housing bubble, according to an opinion piece in Swedish media by a leading Social Democrat. READ »

Swedish apartment prices continue to fall

Business & Money: 14 Jul 11
Apartment prices in Sweden have fallen for the third month running, new statistics for June show, while realtors are reluctant to call the drop a lasting trend. READ »

Swedish house prices 'dangerously high': report

Business & Money: 11 Jul 11
Sweden has one of the most overvalued housing markets in the world, according to a new report, while new figures indicate that the long climb in prices may be grinding to a halt and that a majority of Swedes expect price falls. READ »

IMF warns of Swedish house price decline

Business & Money: 1 Jun 11
Sweden's housing market shows signs of a bubble and is on the verge of a sustained price decline, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned in a new report. READ »

Swedish housing 'bubble' about to burst: agency

Business & Money: 23 Feb 11
Sweden's National Housing Credit Guarantee Board has warned that spiralling household mortgage debt will dramatically impact house prices in the near future. 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 »

'Lower mortgage interest tax break': Liberal Party

Business & Money: 5 Jan 11
Reducing Sweden's mortgage interest tax break would help protect against unwanted bubbles in the housing market, a prominent Liberal Party politician has argued. READ »

Swedish households wealthier than ever

Business & Money: 20 Dec 10
The net worth of Swedish households grew by 244 billion kronor ($35.58 billion) to 7.26 trillion kronor in the third quarter, the measure's highest nominal level ever, according to a new SEB study. READ »

Stockholm house prices place 12th in global study

Business & Money: 20 Dec 10
Sweden's capital Stockholm is the 12th most expensive city in which to buy a home, according to a major international study. READ »

Swedish home prices continue upward climb

Business & Money: 18 Nov 10
Swedish house prices have risen for the 18th straight quarter and home construction is booming, but that doesn't meant that house hunters can't find something spacious for a reasonable price. READ »

Dreams of 'röda stugor' lead to move to Sweden

Travel: 20 Oct 10
For many northern Europeans, the dream of owning a traditional "röd stuga," or red cottage, in the countryside ranks highly as an ideal way to live. This idea is spreading across northern Europe, with more German and Dutch immigrants moving to Sweden looking for more nature and less stress. READ »

Swedish flat prices continue upward climb

Business & Money: 14 Oct 10
Apartment prices in Sweden have risen 10 percent overall in the last quarter compared with the same period in 2009, according to new statistics. READ »

Swedes expect higher house prices: report

Business & Money: 6 Sep 10
Around half of Swedish households expect house prices to continue to rise with only a fifth expecting a fall, according to a new survey published on Monday. READ »

House price climb cools off in July

Business & Money: 16 Aug 10
The increase in Swedish housing prices has eased with prices in greater Stockholm falling by 4 percent over the past month, according to a new report which attributes the impact of the pending general election. READ »

Swedish house prices keep rising

Business & Money: 15 Jul 10
House prices in Sweden rose by two percent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden. READ »

Riksbank raises repo rate to 0.5 percent

Business & Money: 1 Jul 10
Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has raised its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.5 percent on Thursday, matching most analyst estimates. READ »

Swedes get wealthier in 2010

Business & Money: 21 Jun 10
Swedes’ personal wealth increased 2.8 percent to 6,990 billion kronor in the first quarter of 2010, according to SEB bank. The figure means Swedes are richer than ever before. READ »

City property prices continue to cool

Business & Money: 15 Jun 10
Apartments prices fell in Stockholm and Gothenburg in May, with house prices remaining stable, according to new broker statistics which show that supply remains larger than normal. READ »

Sweden faces mortgage debt hangover: report

Business & Money: 26 May 10
Swedish household borrowing continues to increase at one of the world's highest rates and economists at the state Housing Credit Guarantee Board have raised concerns over the risks for individuals, house prices, and the Swedish economy. READ »

Apartment prices hit record high

Business & Money: 16 Apr 10
Apartment prices in the greater Stockholm and greater Gothenburg areas hit record highs in the first quarter, according to a new report. READ »

Swedes show confidence in housing market

Business & Money: 12 Apr 10
Half of Sweden's households expect house prices to increase over the coming year, with fewer forecasting falls, a new survey shows. READ »

House price bubble 'a myth'

National: 18 Mar 10
House price inflation is not a problem for monetary policy, the deputy-governor of Sweden's Riksbank Lars E O Svensson said on Thursday, calling the notion of a house price bubble "a myth". READ »

Swedish house prices top two million barrier

Business & Money: 17 Mar 10
The price of the average Swedish house has passed the two million kronor ($300,000) mark for the first time, new statistics show. READ »

State warns of housing boom and bust

National: 23 Feb 10
The National Housing Credit Guarantee Board has warned that Sweden stands on the precipice of a house price crash. When the bust arrives prices can be expected to fall by 20 percent, according to a new report. READ »

Price freeze to follow 2009 property bonanza

Business & Money: 14 Jan 10
Analysts expect a slowdown in the Swedish residential property market in 2010 following a year in which apartment prices rose by 20 percent amid record low interest rates. READ »

Swedish home prices buck financial crisis

Society: 29 Dec 09
Swedish home values increased substantially in 2009, despite persistent fears the country would suffer from a major drop in housing prices. READ »

Rate fears put freeze on Swedish housing market

Business & Money: 10 Dec 09
A wintery chill has swept over Sweden’s previously sizzling real estate market, with prices for both houses and apartments dropping in November, new statistics show. READ »

Rate concerns shake up Swedish housing market

Business & Money: 12 Nov 09
Amid growing worries about a bubble in the Swedish housing market, warnings about future interest rate hikes appear to have caused a slowdown in rising home prices. READ »

Housing prices surge despite money worries

Society: 13 Oct 09
Housing prices in Sweden have regained their momentum after last autumn's tumble despite concerns over interest rate developments and rising unemployment. READ »

Swedish household wealth rebounds: study

Business & Money: 24 Sep 09
Swedish household wealth has rebounded strongly in 2009 and has now clawed back half of the 976 billion kronor ($143 billion) fall in the wake of the stock market crash. READ »

Collapse in Swedish residential construction

Business & Money: 19 Aug 09
Residential construction collapsed by 45 percent during the first half of 2009, new figures show. Analysts warn of housing shortages and high prices as a result. READ »

Swedes forecast falling house prices

Business & Money: 6 Apr 09
The number of Swedish households expecting property prices to fall in the coming year has increased, a new survey shows. READ »

Apartment prices climb in Stockholm

Society: 12 Jan 09
After a few turbulent months, apartment prices in central Stockholm finally crept back upwards in December. READ »

Swedish property slump rumbles on

Society: 11 Dec 08
House and apartment prices continued to drop in Sweden during November, though prices fell at a slower rate than previously, according to a new market analysis. READ »

Swedish apartment values still slumping

Business & Money: 16 Sep 08
Apartment prices in Sweden are still dropping, but the value of houses continue to rise, according to new figures. READ »

SBAB forecasts interest rate cut

Business & Money: 25 Aug 08
Swedish state-owned mortgage lender, SBAB, has given hope to hard-hit homeowners by forecasting an interest rate cut in December. READ »

House prices rise as cost of apartments falls

Society: 13 Aug 08
Apartment prices are continuing to fall in Sweden, but houses are bucking the downward trend. READ »

House prices 'will keep falling'

Business & Money: 8 Jul 08
House prices are set to continue falling in many parts of Sweden during the autumn, according to a new report from mortgage lender SBAB. READ »

Housing prices heading back up

Business & Money: 12 Mar 08
Housing values in Sweden are expected to rise in the coming months. READ »

Estate agents predict house price rebound

Business & Money: 5 Feb 08
Estate agents in Sweden believe that the dip in house prices will be brief. The market is expected to rebound in the first quarter, a new survey shows. READ »

Apartment prices keep falling

Business & Money: 11 Jan 08
Apartment prices are continuing to fall in Sweden's major cities and house prices have stagnated, according to new figures. READ »

Apartment price slump continues

Business & Money: 10 Dec 07
The cost of buying an apartment in Sweden has dropped considerably since August. READ »

Houses becoming less affordable

Business & Money: 29 Nov 07
The average price of houses sold in Sweden fell in the autumn, but rising interest rates mean houses are still becoming less affordable to the average Swede. READ »

Renters set to win in 2008

Business & Money: 26 Nov 07
People living in rented property will be among the winners in 2008, but people on variable rate mortgages will lose out. READ »

Bank raises rates again

Business & Money: 30 Oct 07
Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 4.0 percent. The move was widely expected. READ »

Swedish housing market cools off

Society: 25 Oct 07
The cost of apartments in Sweden fell during the third quarter while house prices remained unchanged, according to statistics released by state-owned mortgage lender SBAB. READ »

Housing bubble shows no signs of bursting

Business & Money: 10 Sep 07
The cost of houses and apartments in Sweden is continuing to rise. And new statistics suggest continued growth for the foreseeable future. READ »

Swedish interest rates up again

Business & Money: 7 Sep 07
Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to 3.75 percent. Recent market turbulence will have "some negative effects" for Sweden, the bank says. READ »

Housing prices continue to soar

Society: 13 Aug 07
New figures have shown that the Swedish housing market remains buoyant with apartment prices continuing to rise all over the country. READ »

Capital gains proposal slammed

Politics: 12 Aug 07
Unions and business leaders have slammed plans by the government to increase capital gains tax on homes. READ »

Swedes face big hit if rates rise

Business & Money: 30 Jul 07
Swedes could take a big hit if house prices were to fall sharply, or if interest rates were to climb, a report by credit rating agency Fitch Ratings says. READ »

House prices: gulf widens between downtown and suburbs

Society: 25 Jul 07
Living in central Stockholm is more expensive than ever, but an almost identical apartment can cost half as much in the suburbs. But certain suburbs are also becoming hot, with culture and commerce following residents. READ »

Swedish house prices continue to rise

National: 16 Jul 07
The average Swedish house has increased in value by 9 percent in the last twelve months. In the last quarter alone the average increase across the country was 4 percent, according to Statistics Sweden. READ »

One in five Swedes 'is a millionaire'

Society: 11 Jul 07
Sweden is awash with millionaires, thanks to rising house prices and solid stock market performance, according to a new survey. "It would be fair to say this is the richest Swedes have ever been," says the report's author. READ »

Riksbank raises interest rates

Business & Money: 20 Jun 07
Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has decided to raise interest rates in a bid to keep inflation in check. Estate agents expect the increase to lead to a cooling off period in the housing market. READ »

Lund 'best place to live in Sweden'

Society: 14 Jun 07
The university and cathedral city of Lund in Skåne is the best place in Sweden to live. The industrial community of Munkfors in Värmland is the worst, a new survey says. READ »

House prices continue to rise

National: 8 Jun 07
Swedish house prices are continuing to rise, according to new statistics released on Friday. Apartments have risen in value by 25 percent over the past twelve months. READ »

House prices 'not a worry'

Business & Money: 30 May 07
The deputy governor of the Swedish central bank, Lars Nyberg, has said he is not worried about the continued rise in Swedish property prices. But it is not sustainable in the long term, he added. READ »

Housing prices continue to rise

Society: 9 May 07
There is no sign of any let-up on the Swedish housing market. Apartment prices are breaking new records, with central Stockholm apartments now costing 52,000 kronor per square metre. READ »

Housing prices go through the roof

Business & Money: 11 Apr 07
As the cost of buying a home in Sweden continues to shoot up, yet another real estate milestone has been reached in central Stockholm. READ »

Gap between high and low earners widens

Business & Money: 22 Mar 07
The income gap between the highest and lowest earners in Sweden has widened since the mid 1990s, while average disposable incomes have also gone up. READ »

'Property bubble' warning over apartment price rises

National: 7 Mar 07
The average price of apartments sold in Sweden has risen by 13 percent over the past year. Experts are warning of a possible property bubble. READ »

Sweden 'needs to shake up jobs and housing'

National: 14 Feb 07
The Swedish economy is performing well, according to a new report from the OECD. But the housing rental market needs reform and further efforts will be needed to get people into work. READ »

Swedish homebuyers feel the pinch

Business & Money: 18 Dec 06
Rising interest rates and rising house prices mean it is getting harder for Swedes to afford to buy a home. That is according to a new survey from Swedbank. READ »

Swedish housing prices on the rise

National: 11 Dec 06
Housing prices are continuing to rise all over the country thanks to renewed buoyancy on the Stockholm market. And a majority expect prices to keep rising. READ »

House prices expected to fall

National: 25 Oct 06
Swedish estate agents say house prices are rising at a slower rate than for a number of years, and will soon start falling. READ »

Stockholm flat as Swedish property prices climb

National: 10 Oct 06
The price of apartments in Sweden will continue to rise over the next three months, according to statistics from the industry organisation Mäklarstatistik. But the market appears to be cooling in Stockholm. READ »

Gloomy outlook for Swedish house prices

Business & Money: 14 Aug 06
Confidence in rising house prices is declining, according to the August property price indicator from Swedish bank SEB, while another report reveals that in some areas prices have started to fall. READ »

House prices 'are cooling off'

National: 17 Jul 06
House prices have begun to level off and real estate agents do not believe that prices will continue to rise as they have in recent quarters, according to a new survey by state mortgage lender SBAB. READ »

House prices up again

Society: 11 Jul 06
Buying your own piece of Swedish real estate is still getting more expensive. House prices went up 3 percent between the first and the second quarter, according to new figures. READ »

Summer house prices shoot up

Society: 5 Jul 06
Prices for Swedish summer houses have shot up in the past six months, reaching 1.1 million in Blekinge and 4.6 million on Lidingö, near Stockholm. READ »

House prices set to cool off

Business & Money: 31 May 06
The Swedish central bank predicts that house prices will cool off over the next few years, and warns of potential trouble ahead for the commercial property sector. READ »

Swedish residential property market booming

Business & Money: 10 May 06
The average price for houses has increased by 9% in Sweden over the last 12 months, while the average apartment was worth 23% more in March 2006 than in March 2005. READ »

Opposition victory "will strengthen krona"

Business & Money: 23 Mar 06
The krona will continue to weaken against the euro and the dollar over the coming months, according to Swedish bank SEB. However, the bank says that a conservative victory in the September election will strengthen the currency again. READ »

Sweden's Riksbank raises interest rate

Business & Money: 23 Feb 06
Despite low inflation, Sweden's Riksbank raised its most important interest rate, the repo rate, by 0.25 percentage points to 2% on Thursday. But analysts say that the effect on households will be limited. READ »

House prices continue to rise

Society: 10 Feb 06
Prices of houses and apartments have continued to rise over the past few months, with the effects of the interest rate rise not yet showing up in the statistics. Rises were greatest in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö. READ »

Rates will rise further ? bank chief

Business & Money: 6 Feb 06
Sweden's interest rates are set to rise further, according to the new head of Sweden's central bank. Rising inflation, household debt and house prices make a rise necessary. READ »

Riksbank raises interest rates

Business & Money: 20 Jan 06
Sweden's central bank raises interest rates by 0.25 percent, in a move that had been widely predicted. Signals of strong growth mean that rates need to rise to prevent inflation. READ »

Riksbank warns of house price slump

Business & Money: 19 Dec 05
The vice governor of Sweden's Riksbank, Lars Nyberg, has warned of the possibility of falling house prices as part of "a negative spiral of economic activity". READ »

Swedish house prices soar to new high

National: 10 Aug 05
More figures for the boffins at Sweden's central bank to chew on as they set interest rates: Swedish house prices rose by four percent in the last three months, and in one area they were up twelve percent. READ »

Swedish house prices stable

Business & Money: 11 Apr 05
There was little change in house prices in the first quarter of 2005, but they're still up 8 per cent on the same time last year. READ »

Swedish house prices rising

National: 9 Mar 05
House prices in Sweden are still rising but the rate is by no means consistent. Homeowners in Halland and Kronoberg are the big winners while Gotlanders rue their investment. READ »

Charity board "took apartments meant for the poor"

Society: 9 Nov 04
Property market grumblemongers track down a scapegoat as board members of a housing charity are found living in the organisation's best apartments. And it's a gloomy prognosis for property prices. READ »

Home truths: fixed rents threaten new developments

Society: 17 Sep 04
Rent controls, housing shortages and trouble in the laundry room for Sweden's tenants. No wonder mortgage levels are at an all-time high. READ »


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