House prices fell in August

Published 8 September 2024 at 17.19

Economics. According to Swedish Real Estate Statistics, the prices of condominiums decreased nationally by 0.6 percent and house prices by 0.2 percent in August.

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However, the statistics spread .

Stormalmö recorded the largest price increase for condominiums with 1.4 percent, while Greater Stockholm saw a decrease of 1.4 percent. Prices were almost unchanged in central Gothenburg and Stockholm.

Villa prices fell by around 1 percent in Greater Stockholm and Greater Gothenburg but remained stable in Stormalmö.

During August, 13,800 homes were sold, an increase of 11 percent compared to the same month last year. Of these, 8,800 were condominiums and 5,000 villas.

Oskar Öholm, CEO of Mäklarsamfundet, says that many households nowadays sell before they buy new, which creates strong demand now in the autumn, when the summer's sales are to be converted into purchases .