Financial market statistics, April 2026
Mortgage interest rates continue to rise
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-05-29 8.00
The average floating mortgage interest rate for new agreements to households was 2.81 percent in April 2026, representing an increase of 0.16 percentage points compared with March. The average mortgage interest rate for fixed periods between one and five years rose by 0.27 percentage points, reaching 3.29 percent in April 2026. The annual growth rate of housing loans remained broadly unchanged at 3.1 percent in April.
- Both floating and fixed mortgage interest rates, with fixed terms of up to five years, continue to rise for the second consecutive month. The largest increase was recorded in mortgage interest rates with maturities between one and two years, which rose by 0.31 percentage points to 3.27 percent in April, says Andrea Schöldtz, economist at Statistics Sweden (SCB).
Developments in April 2026 summarized
Lending
The annual growth rate for total lending from monetary financial institutions (MFI) to households amounted to 3.0 percent in April 2026. Housing loans, which represent 83 percent of total lending to households, had a growth rate of 3.1 percent. Consumer loans, which accounted for 6 percent of household lending in April, had a growth rate of 1.5 percent.
Lending to non-financial corporations had an annual growth rate of 3.1 percent in April, compared with 1.5 percent in the same month last year.
In total, lending from MFI to households and non-financial corporations reached SEK 8 253 billion in April 2026. Of this amount, loans to households accounted for 63 percent and loans to non-financial corporations accounted for 37 percent. Housing loans, outstanding agreements, amounted to SEK 4 291 billion, of which 76 percent (SEK 3 255 billion) had a floating interest rate.
Lending to households and non-financial corporations, annual growth rate
Housing loans from institutes other than MFIs on mortgage markets, known as mortgage credit companies, had an annual growth rate of -0.9 percent in April 2026. Mortgage credit companies accounted for 1.0 percent of total housing loans to households, corresponding to SEK 44 billion.
Deposits
MFIs’ total deposits from households continued to increase in April 2026 and reached SEK 2 941 billion. Demand deposits amounted to SEK 2 190 billion, corresponding to 74 percent of total deposits.
Notes and coins held by the Swedish non-bank public, previously defined as the money supply measurement M0, amounted to SEK 55 billion in April. The money supply measure M3 amounted to SEK 5 182 billion and had an annual growth rate of 3.2 percent for the same period.
Interest rates on lending
The average interest rate on new agreements for housing loans to households increased to 2.88 percent in April 2026 compared with 2.74 percent in March. The average floating interest rate on housing loans was 2.81 percent compared with 2.65 percent in March. For housing loans with maturities between one and five years, the average fixed interest rate increased to 3.29 percent in April 2026, compared with 3.02 percent in March. For housing loans with maturities between one and two years, the average fixed interest rate increased to 3.27 percent in April 2026, compared with 2.96 percent in March.
MFIs' lending rates to households for housing loans, new agreements
The average interest rate on new agreements for lending to non-financial corporations was 3.51 percent in April 2026, to be compared with 3.44 percent in March.
Interest rates: mortgages and loans to non-financial corporations, new agreements
Interest rates on deposits
The average interest rate on households’ new bank deposits was 0.48 percent in April 2026. By comparison, the corresponding rate in April 2025 was 0.83 percent.
The interest rate on accounts with fixed periods or a limited number of free withdrawals was 1.30 percent in April 2026, compared with 1.66 percent in April 2025.
The average interest rate on new bank deposits for non-financial corporations was 0.89 percent in April 2026. The interest rate on accounts with fixed periods or a limited number of free withdrawals was 1.77 percent for the same period.
Interest rates on new bank deposits: households and non-financial corporations
Definitions and explanations
The financial market statistics cover mainly monetary financial institutions (MFIs), but also include new institutes on mortgage markets, known as mortgage credit companies. Unless otherwise stated, the statistical news refers to MFIs.
The statistics include balance sheet statistics (including lending and deposits), interest rates, and monetary aggregates.
The financial market statistics are compiled monthly. Revisions of the statistics may occur.
Monetary financial institutions (MFIs) include banks, housing credit institutions, finance companies, institutions financing municipalities and companies, monetary securities companies, and monetary investment funds (money market funds).
Mortgage credit companies refers to non-MFI institutions that have authorisation from Finansinspektionen to issue mortgages. Usually, mortgage credit companies sell the mortgages to alternative investment funds (AIFs). The AIFs included in the financial market statistics are linked to mortgage credit companies, and whose assets mainly comprise mortgages.
Growth rates are percentage measures that show how much a variable has changed over a given period of time. In the Financial market statistics, growth rates are used to illustrate the development of transactions from the corresponding period in the previous year. The growth rates are calculated based on changes in stocks and adjusted so that they are not affected by factors unrelated to actual growth. For calculations and further information, see Section 4 of the publication Financial Market Statistics.
Lending to households is divided into three categories: housing loans, consumer loans, and other lending. The purpose of a loan is not directly measured, but is approximated by categorising lending by type of collateral. Housing loans (mortgages) are defined as loans to private individuals or entrepreneurial households with housing as collateral. Consumer loans refers to lending to private individuals, generally without collateral. Other lending includes all other lending, for example lending to non-profit institutions serving households.
New agreements refer to agreements concluded during a given month. Interest rate statistics on new agreements is a way of measuring the price formation on loans and deposits in a given period. These statistics include all financial agreements in which the terms and conditions affecting the interest rates on deposits and lending are determined for the first time. The statistics also include renegotiations of existing loans and relocation of loans. Changes in floating interest rates due to automatic adjustments are not considered new agreements.
Floating interest rates refer to interest rates with a maturity of up to and including three months.
Demand deposit accounts refer to deposits without agreed maturity, notice period, or significant withdrawal restrictions. Examples of demand deposit accounts include salary accounts, savings accounts with free withdrawals, and overnight deposits.
Measures of money supply
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M0: Former measure corresponding to banknotes and coins held by the Swedish public.
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M1: Banknotes and coins held by the Swedish public (previously M0), plus demand deposit accounts (funds held in salary accounts and savings accounts, for example) in Swedish MFIs and the Swedish National Debt Office (RGK).
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M2: M1 plus deposits with certain conditions in Swedish MFIs and the Swedish National Debt Office (RGK), from the Swedish public. Deposits with certain conditions include deposits with a notice period of up to and including three months or a maturity of up to and including two years.
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M3: M2 plus repos (excluding central counterparties), shares in money market funds, and interest-bearing securities with a maturity of up to and including two years issued by Swedish MFIs and held by the public.
Change in the publication of loan-to-value ratios
Upon the publication on the 29th of May, the intervals will be updated for loan-to-value ratios for loans to households with housing as collateral. For more information, see Part 9 in Notes on Financial Market Statistics.
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Data up to and including April 2026