Increase in real estate prices

Real estate prices in Sweden for one-or two-dwelling buildings have increased by 1 percent during the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the third quarter. On an annual basis we can see an increase in prices of 5 percent.

The greatest increases compared to the previous quarter have occurred in Uppsala County by 5 percent, Södermanland and Halland by 4 percent. The Counties with decreasing prices is Gotland by 6 percent, Värmland by 4 percent and Örebro and Jämtland by 2 percent. In the metropolitan areas, Greater Stockholm, Greater Gothenburg and Greater Malmö, the prices increased by 3 to 4 percent.

Average price slightly over 1.8 million

The average price for a one-or two-dwelling building in Sweden was slightly over SEK 1.8 million during the fourth quarter.

Real estate price statistics for one- or two-dwelling buildings by month, whole country

Month	Number of purchases	Average price in SEK 1000	Average assessed value in SEK 1000	Purchase-price-coefficient (K/T)	Change in percent since previous month
0812	4 788	1 750	955	1.87
0901	3 475	1 907	1 051	1.86	-1
0902	3 300	1 754	981	1.84	-1
0903	3 107	1 799	992	1.85	0
0904	4 432	1 815	993	1.86	1
0905	3 772	1 863	989	1.91	+3
0906	5 851	1 926	1 005	1.95	+2
0907	6 523	1 890	982	1.96	+1
0908	4 552	1 962	1 005	1.98	+1
0909	4 604	1 788	922	1.96	-1
0910	5 364	1 793	912	1.98	+1
0911	3 836	1 881	951	2.00	+1
0912 ^[1]	2 324	1 877	934	2.02	1

[1] The figures for the last month are preliminary, as the number of purchases will increase.

Development of prices during the recent years based on the purchase price coefficient

Real estate price statistics for the months October through December of 2009 compared to the previous three months (July through September of 2009) and the corresponding period last year (October through December of 2008)

	Number of purchases latest period	Average price latest period (SEK 1000)	K/T latest period	K/T previous period	K/T previous year	Change in percent since previous period	Change in percent since previous year
County
Stockholm	1 690	3 540	1.93	1.89	1.85	+3	+5
Uppsala	381	1 903	1.97	1.88	1.85	+5	+6
Södermanland	356	1 684	1.92	1.85	1.80	+4	+7
Östergötland	525	1 665	2.02	2.00	1.90	+1	+7
Jönköping	472	1 396	1.94	1.93	1.86	+1	+4
Kronoberg	272	1 181	2.00	1.93	1.87	+3	+7
Kalmar	462	1 112	2.02	2.03	1.93	0	+5
Gotland	87	1 721	1.79	1.91	1.68	-6	+6
Blekinge	240	1 151	1.94	1.93	1.84	0	+5
Skåne	1 622	2 154	2.09	2.05	1.98	+2	+6
Halland	397	2 120	2.07	2.00	1.93	+4	+7
Västra Götaland	1 702	1 858	1.99	1.97	1.92	+1	+4
Värmland	419	1 083	1.94	2.01	1.91	-4	+2
Örebro	431	1 205	1.95	1.99	1.97	-2	-1
Västmanland	262	1 566	1.91	1.87	1.85	+2	+3
Dalarna	414	981	2.04	2.02	1.91	+1	+7
Gävleborg	450	1 018	2.00	2.00	1.95	0	+3
Västernorrland	382	889	2.10	2.10	2.00	0	+5
Jämtland	163	1 065	2.06	2.11	2.00	-2	+3
Västerbotten	391	1 207	1.97	1.93	1.90	+2	+4
Norrbotten	406	898	1.92	1.88	1.85	+2	+4
Metropolitan areas
Greater Stockholm	1 690	3 540	1.93	1.89	1.85	+3	+5
Greater Göteborg	794	2 816	1.99	1.93	1.87	+3	+7
Greater Malmö	757	2 722	2.05	1.97	1.93	+4	+7

The whole country	11 524	1 839	1.99	1.97	1.90	+1	+5

Revised 2010-01-20, real estate price statistics for larger municipalities

Code	Municipality	Number of purchases latest period	Average price latest period (SEK 1000)	K/T latest period	K/T previous period	K/T previous year	Change in percent since previous period	Change in percent since previous year
0123	Järfälla	66	3 068	1.89	1.79	1.73	+5	+9
0126	Huddinge	120	3 352	1.97	1.85	1.82	+6	+8
0127	Botkyrka	77	2 448	1.75	1.77	1.77	-1	-1
0136	Haninge	89	2 621	1.82	1.78	1.77	+3	+3
0160	Täby	100	4 029	2.07	1.96	1.88	+5	+10
0163	Sollentuna	89	4 341	2.00	1.96	1.86	+2	+7
0180	Stockholm	275	4 131	2.04	1.97	1.91	+4	+7
0181	Södertälje	74	2 486	1.78	1.74	1.70	+2	+4
0182	Nacka	93	4 552	2.01	1.91	1.93	+5	+4
0188	Norrtälje	78	2 018	1.90	1.81	1.88	+5	+1
0380	Uppsala	141	2 576	1.98	1.83	1.79	+8	+10
0480	Nyköping	73	1 714	1.92	1.97	1.82	-3	+5
0484	Eskilstuna	102	1 726	1.99	1.93	1.86	+3	+7
0580	Linköping	112	2 445	1.99	1.90	1.85	+5	+8
0581	Norrköping	146	2 007	2.22	2.18	2.08	+2	+7
0680	Jönköping	152	2 304	2.09	2.01	1.91	+4	+9
0780	Växjö	87	1 794	2.09	1.97	1.95	+6	+7
0880	Kalmar	92	1 839	2.16	2.11	1.94	+2	+12
0980	Gotland	87	1 721	1.79	1.91	1.68	-6	+6
1080	Karlskrona	80	1 254	1.89	1.94	1.81	-3	+4
1280	Malmö	202	3 319	1.98	1.87	1.85	+6	+7
1281	Lund	98	2 825	2.04	1.96	1.87	+4	+9
1283	Helsingborg	119	3 007	2.14	2.07	1.96	+3	+9
1290	Kristianstad	102	1 322	2.04	2.01	1.88	+1	+8
1293	Hässleholm	77	1 130	2.10	2.10	2.05	+0	3
1380	Halmstad	115	2 098	2.11	1.98	1.98	+6	+6
1383	Varberg	48	2 094	1.98	2.01	1.87	-1	+6
1384	Kungsbacka	115	3 019	1.97	1.91	1.79	+3	+10
1480	Göteborg	264	3 367	1.99	1.96	1.86	+2	+7
1481	Mölndal	56	3 026	2.00	1.92	1.79	+4	+11
1485	Uddevalla	59	1 812	2.15	1.97	1.91	+9	+13
1488	Trollhättan	54	1 462	1.90	1.97	2.00	-4	-5
1490	Borås	120	1 560	1.96	1.94	1.89	+1	+4
1496	Skövde	56	1 459	2.12	2.02	2.06	+5	+3
1780	Karlstad	86	1 885	1.97	1.93	1.85	+2	+7
1880	Örebro	137	1 974	1.96	2.00	2.02	-2	-3
1980	Västerås	120	2 233	1.88	1.91	1.87	-2	+0
2080	Falun	68	1 509	2.12	2.16	1.81	-2	+17
2180	Gävle	117	1 567	1.96	1.97	1.96	-1	-0
2281	Sundsvall	124	1 287	2.14	2.06	1.93	+4	+11
2284	Örnsköldsvik	83	951	2.41	2.42	2.31	-0	+4
2380	Östersund	57	1 805	2.35	2.27	2.02	+4	+17
2480	Umeå	144	2 071	1.96	1.99	1.89	-1	+4
2482	Skellefteå	120	912	2.18	1.94	2.02	+12	+8
2580	Luleå	102	1 541	2.00	1.87	1.82	+7	+10

Definitions and explanations

Price changes are estimated using the purchase price coefficient (K/T). K/T is the ratio between the price and the assessed value for a certain time and is counted as an unweighted mean value.

One-or two-dwelling buildings for permanent dwelling include detached one-or two-dwelling buildings, terraced houses and linked buildings. Real estate with site leasehold rights is included.

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17 February 2010 at 09:30

Source: Data comes from National Land Survey of Sweden.

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