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Eight Swedish words you need to know when buying property

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Eight Swedish words you need to know when buying property

Eight key words that will help you wade your way through the Swedish property market.

How to navigate Sweden's crazy rental market

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How to navigate Sweden's crazy rental market

Apartment prices continue to fall in Sweden

Apartment prices continue to fall in Sweden

In pictures: You can now buy Greta Garbo's seaside home

In pictures: You can now buy Greta Garbo's seaside home

Sweden's most expensive house sells for 125 million kronor

Sweden's most expensive house sells for 125 million kronor

Thousands of newcomers in Sweden at risk of homelessness

In Pictures: This Swedish farmhouse has been standing since 1738

It's now possible to buy your own airport in Sweden – if you can convince the owner

European Commission urges Sweden to tackle housing crisis

Opinion: 'Sweden's housing policy has failed an entire generation'

Here's what you can get from Sweden's property market for one million

In pictures: Step inside Greta Garbo's NYC luxury apartment

Could crowdfunding help solve Sweden's housing woes?

Eight things to love about renting in Sweden

Is it a good idea to paint your apartment white?

Yes, housing construction in Stockholm is booming

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30 of Sweden's favourite inspirational images of homes

Five questions before buying a Sweden home

2016

In pictures: Step inside this historic Stockholm apartment

In pictures: 11 ways to get creative with your Christmas

In pictures: How do I create a design theme for my home?

In pictures: Eight ways to make your home 'mysigt'

In pictures: Seven autumn must-haves for the living room

In pictures: Step inside this futuristic green Malmö home

In Pictures: Look inside this perfect Swedish island home

In pictures: Six questions about Scandinavian style

This is how much it costs to rent an apartment in Sweden

In pictures: Eight Swedish bloggers' living rooms

In pictures: Eight traditional Swedish tiled stoves

Report: Stockholm is at risk of a housing bubble

In pictures: Gorgeous summer home and bakery in Halland

Swedish beach plot for sale for just one krona

In pictures: Stockholm office turned into mini apartment

Where are property prices rising in Sweden?

Jetties and boathouses: 11 Swedish waterside gems

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In pictures: Ten of the most inspiring Swedish homes

In pictures: Recreating your own Nordic style in 8 steps

23 people tricked into renting the same Malmö apartment

In pictures: eight of Sweden's most colourful homes

In pictures: Decorate your tiny apartment the Swedish way

In pictures: Five top design exhibitions in Stockholm

In pictures: Seven signs you're on top of Nordic trends

In pictures: Why is Nordic design so hot right now?

In pictures: Are Swedes falling in love with colour at last?

In pictures: How this old Swedish flour mill was revived

In pictures: Scandinavian elegance in 40 square metres

In pictures: Eight cool compact Scandinavian houses

In pictures: Eight stunning Swedish seaside locations

In pictures: Twelve stunning Scandinavian swimming pools

Slow design: How Nordic style can make your life better

11 amazing houses that make you long for summer

Inspiration: 8 of Sweden's most colourful homes

What word do you use to describe Scandinavian style?

These ten Swedish kitchens look good enough to eat (in)

Posh playtime: Inspiration from Swedish kids’ rooms

Swedish house prices rocket faster than anywhere in EU

Spring fever hits hot Swedish housing market

2015

Sold: Sweden's most expensive apartment

Hugh Grant plans to tear down new Swedish home

Swede turns one krona church into dream home

Should more people live on boats in Stockholm?

Nordic home tax breaks are most generous in EU

A studio in Stockholm or a castle in countryside?

Why buy a house when there's a Swedish island?

Hope for overcharged renters after appeal case

Swedish Airbnb rental properties double in year

Sweden sees summer drop in property prices

Huge Swedish house for sale for just one krona

Gatecrashers fry up Swedish home viewing

Two million Swedes design 'house of clicks'

Need more space? Check out Sweden's priciest flat

Sweden scraps plan for new mortgage rules

Sweden builds future as EU construction falls

Sweden's best beautiful bargain property spots

One in five flats sold before public viewings

Homeless to 'skip' long rental queues in capital

Housing boost plan revealed by coalition

'Sweden has to act now to solve housing crisis'

Four Swedish home design trends for spring

2014

Homeowners fear new repayment rules

Sweden's key interest rate drops to zero

Where's the best place to live in Sweden?

Housing could replace Bromma airport

Stockholm is 'best' region for well-being

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

Riksbank: We must take action on household debt

Berlin pensioners take on Swedish property giant

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

Moderates promise huge boost to student housing

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Report touts solution to Stockholm housing crisis

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Report: Hard up Swedes tap parents for flat cash

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

'Stockholm's like a party with a $500 coat check'

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On the move: Sweden's shifting mobility trends

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Two-year average wait for rental homes in Sweden

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

In Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

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Fixed interest rate mortgages back in vogue

Pictures: Property of the Week - Malmö

'Young Swedes must face reality': housing survey

'Drunks' hired to scare off rival flathunters

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How to make money by renting out your home

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Pictures: The Local's Property of the Week

Swedes ratchet up hunt for summer houses

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

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Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Swedes flock for a peek into blonde blogger's flat

'Rent control reform key to fixing housing market'

Swedish landlord demands sex for flat

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2013

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Inner-city househunters set sights on suburbs

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Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

'Market rents won't solve Sweden's housing woes'

Housing minister to tame 'unhelpful' local leaders

Rent control blamed for housing shortage

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Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Housing market 'overheating' in big cities

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Olof Palme's for-sale row house piques curiosity

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Swedish housing policy leaves rich even richer

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Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Gallery: The Local's Property of the Week

Stockholm rent controls favour the wealthy: report

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How to buy a home after getting a job in Sweden

Subletting law change boosts housing supply

Svennis to sell 'haunted' Swedish mansion

Swedish landlords in for rent slowdown: report

'Sweden must avoid long-term housing bubble': EU

Swedish summer homes a hit with foreigners

'Sweden next in line for housing market crash'

Young Swedes forced to live with mum and dad

Illegal rentals thrive in Stockholm flat crunch

Stockholm flat prices hit new record high

Zlatan puts Malmö mansion on the market

Stockholm rents soar after new subletting law

Swede endures 28-year wait for Stockholm flat

Posh Östermalm pushed off top flat-price list

Sweden's housing queues 'getting worse'

'Tighten mortgage rules': housing agency

Borg: housing market set for 20 years of stagnation

Swedes' high debts spark housing bubble fears

Sweden's average home price at 'record high'

The Lowdown: Sweden's new subletting law

Stockholm sublets set for 'dramatic' rent hike

Stockholm enlists Ikea to ease housing crunch

Sweden's ten priciest places to live revealed

Borg rejects call for mortgage-repayment law

Swedish home prices rise despite slow growth

Riksbank probes mortgage-repayment law

Eight-year wait for a home in Stockholm

2012

The Local's guide to moving in Sweden

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Subletting in Sweden set to get more expensive

Bildt accused of aiding Russia in legal dispute

Sweden's 'priciest' country manor for sale

Government says yes to making subletting easier

Sweden looks to make subletting flats easier

Foreign buyers flock to Swedish summer homes

Infant joins queue for senior flat in Stockholm

Stockholm parking spots pricier than apartments

2011

Giant penis mystery baffles Stockholm suburb

Building of new student flats grinds to a halt

Housing scam targets Swedish college students

Housing minister stymied in Stockholm flat hunt

Prime Stockholm property changes hands

Flats for the needy given to the aristocracy: report

Foreign buyers snapping up Swedish homes

Cohousing: it's not just for hippies anymore

Reinfeldt under fire over housing comments

Reinfeldt slams Stockholm rental 'market'

Swedish flat prices more than double since 2000

Swede, 92, tricked into giving away home

Middle-aged Swedes take more mortgage rate risks

'Lower mortgage interest tax break': Liberal Party

2010

Swedish firm sets new record property price

Stockholm house prices place 12th in global study

Swedish apartment prices hit 'all-time high'

Sweden rises in business friendliness ranking

Swedish apartment construction takes off

Central Gothenburg 'castle' put up for sale

More young Swedes living at home: survey

Red-Greens agree on property tax changes

Rate rises to hit homeowners

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

Swedish house prices keep rising

Rental shortage in large parts of Sweden

King's pal seeks bumper payout for country estate

Peak prices for Swedish mountain holiday homes

Price freeze to follow 2009 property bonanza

2009

Swedes want their adult children out of the house

Swedish home prices buck financial crisis

Rate fears put freeze on Swedish housing market

Burger baron to buy Stockholm's priciest flat

Rate concerns shake up Swedish housing market

Most Swedes fail to prep for higher interest rates

Payment problems plague more Swedish homeowners

Swedes predict property price increase

Swedish property market at ten-year low

Record number of Swedish home listings

Renters in Sweden struggle to make ends meet

Stockholm suburb ranked best place to live in Sweden

H&M mogul buys English country village

Swedish court okays higher rent for refugees

Job losses lead to spike in forced home sales

Bids rolling in for Ingmar Bergman's island home

Scam targets Swedish PM's mother-in-law

Cockroach invasions plague more Swedish homes

Homeless single mothers: Child allowance counts towards rent

New Bergman foundation aims to buy filmmaker's home

Outrage over politican's high-priced home rental

Sweden to shed 20,000 construction jobs

Apartment prices climb in Stockholm

When worlds collide: Apartment shopping in Sweden and beyond

2008

EU court orders compensation for satellite dish eviction

Landlords lend helping hand to Stockholm homeless

Swedish property slump rumbles on

Magazine names Sweden's ten worst landlords

Swedish town and ski resort for sale

Sweden sees wave of squatter evictions

Slump continues for Swedish housing prices

Owner-occupied flats coming to Sweden

Noise and nudity top Swedish list of neighbour no-nos

One-third of Swedes want to live in gated communities: study

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

Crisis hits Sweden's housing market

Thousands of rental flats privatized

Swedish apartment values still slumping

Many Swedes fine with using black market services

Housing reform would 'force 50,000 to move'

Home sale duties boost Swedish tax revenues

How do I find student housing in Sweden?

House prices rise as cost of apartments falls

Debts lead to more property repossessions

Swedish homeowners' radon concerns rise ahead of new rules

Swedish town: 'Go north and claim your reward'

Agency legitimizes toublesome tenant's apartment 'theft'

House prices 'will keep falling'

Ingmar Bergman’s home up for auction

'Change property tax to green building tax'

Tax dodging estate agents to face the law

Swedes see net worth slashed

Swedish apartments sold like hot cakes in 2007

Sweden opens the doors to its secret spaces

Immigrants and the young: Left behind by Swedish left?

Swedish island paradise for sale

Owner-occupied apartment proposal moves forward

Housing reforms stoke debate

Swedes anticipate rise in housing prices

Bromma airport's future safe for three more decades

Housing prices heading back up

Households forecast real estate price hike

Estate agents to be forced to tell truth

Apartment prices keep falling

Surge in complaints against estate agents

2007

Wealth and property taxes officially axed

Owner gives house away

Renters set to win in 2008

'Move abroad to escape new house tax'

Sweden ends discrimination against EU apartment buyers

Profits fall at SBAB

Moderates in u-turn on rent controls

Flat owners 'lose out in budget'

New guarantees for first-time buyers

Estate agents 'should face more regulation'

Capital gains proposal slammed

Swedish house prices continue to rise

House prices continue to rise

State could guarantee first-time mortgages

House prices 'not a worry'

Swedish landlords "avoid letting to immigrants"

Swedes save money by staying out of euro

'Property bubble' warning over apartment price rises

Stockholm is hot property

Government to tackle Sweden's homelessness

More Swedes take fixed mortgages

2006

Swedish homebuyers feel the pinch

Swedish tenants "could face market rates"

Oil billions pumped into Stockholm property

Landlords 'can buy out tenants tax free'

House prices expected to fall

Stockholm flat as Swedish property prices climb

Moderates: reforms will not harm homeowners

Alliance divisions over property taxes

Gloomy outlook for Swedish house prices

House prices 'are cooling off'

Officials warn of housing surplus

Summer house prices shoot up

Papers give mixed reaction to Alliance tax plan

Alliance to abolish property tax

Alliance agrees to cut property tax

House prices set to cool off

More Swedes 'plan to buy summer houses'

Swedish residential property market booming

Government plans to cut property tax

TV cameras expose crooked estate agents

Sweden sued for property tax rule

More women and foreigners among homeless

2005

Swedish property tax to EU Court

Stockholm Syndrome: Nothing private about property

Priced out of the housing market? Not in Kramfors

Stockholm Syndrome: A clean sweep

Average family "cannot afford a house"

1,000 children evicted each year

Unlock Sweden's housing market

Danish bank buys Skandia Mäklarna

Property bubbles common in Sweden

Stockholm house-hunters turn to British TV show

Swedish house prices soar to new high

Who benefits from Sweden's restricted property market?

Property boom to continue in Sweden

Swedish house prices stable

Swedish house prices rising

"Two days" to buy commercial property in Sweden

Double salary politician faces investigation

"Thousands blacklisted" in Malmö property scandal

Property market shows signs of cooling

2004

Charity board "took apartments meant for the poor"

5,000 rental apartments in Stockholm "lost" each year

Home truths: fixed rents threaten new developments

Kiruna town centre sinking

Celebrities pushing up house prices

Property: buyers beware

Councillors and call girls

Swedes stuck with hot property

Economy losing interest for homeowners

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