Sweden's parliament on Monday voted in favour of abolishing the country's wealth and property taxes in 2008 following proposals presented by the centre-right government earlier this year.
A house in one of Stockholm's most expensive areas is being given away on the internet by its owner. There's only one catch - the buyer will have to remove the house and rebuild it somewhere else.
While Denmark is planning a new referendum over whether to join the euro zone, a new survey has shown that more than half of Swedes would vote ‘no’ if a similar referendum took place in Sweden today.
Tens of thousands of Swedes are too ill to drive and should have their driving licences confiscated, the authority responsible for issuing licences has said.
Retired people in Sweden will see a further deterioration in their finances next year, while families with children and people living in rented property will count among the winners, according to a new report.
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.
Swedish state-owned mortgage lender SBAB saw operating profits fall sharply in the first nine months of 2007. The value of the company's bond portfolio fell sharply following the instability on the credit markets earlier in the autumn.
Some 80,000 people each year are told by doctors that illness makes them unsuitable to drive. Despite this, many of them continue to drive, not fully aware of their illness. Doctors are often uncertain as to how to report unsuitable drivers.
Apartment owners in Stockholm are set to be the big losers in the government's new budget, unveiled last week. This is according to new calculations made by HSB, one of Sweden's biggest landlords.
The prosecution of a British man was due to start in Gothenburg District Court on Tuesday, after he caused the death of a woman when he drove his rental car on the wrong side of the road.
Banks who give mortgages to first-time home buyers will in future be able to get government credit guarantees, according to plans announced by Finance Markets Minister Mats Odell on Thursday.
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 (Statistiska centralbyrån, SCB).
Sweden is awash with millionaires, thanks to rising house prices and solid stock market performance. That's the conclusion of a survey presented on Wednesday by Statistics Sweden, which revealed that one in five Swedes over the age of 20 is a 'kronor millionaire' when total assests and debts are considered.
People who want to buy their first home but have trouble getting a bank loan could soon get a credit guarantee from the state, under plans unveiled by the government.
