Real estate prices and registrations of title 2022
Real estate for SEK 394 billion changed owner in 2022
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2023-06-02 8.00
There were more than 135 000 granted registrations of title in 2022, which is 18 000 less than in 2021. Excluding heritage, exchanges, gifts and mergers there were almost 103 000 registrations of title with a purchase price. The total purchase price for these properties was just less than SEK 394 billion, which is SEK 33 billion less than previous year.
There were 56 053 transactions of purchases of one- or two-dwelling buildings for permanent living, excluding site leaseholds, at market conditions in 2022, which is just more than 4 000 less than previous year. The average number of sales between 2018 and 2020 was almost 56 000. There were 9 493 purchases of real estate for seasonal and secondary use and 3 659 in agricultural real estate. In the real estate categories commercial and industries, there were 1 219 and 657 purchases respectively.
Real estate price development
Real estate prices for one- or two-dwelling buildings, whole year, rose by 4 percent at national level in 2022 compared with 2021. Real estate prices for an equivalent comparison for buildings for seasonal and secondary use rose by 1 percent. The price of agricultural real estate rose by 7 percent in 2022. In a somewhat longer perspective, a comparison between 2012 and 2022 shows that prices have increased by between 51 percent and 92 percent for the three real estate categories. The figure below illustrates how prices in the various real estate categories have evolved since 1990 in relation to the consumer price index.
Buyer and seller by age
The average age of buyers of a one- or two-dwelling building for permanent living is 39 years and the average age of sellers is 54 years. The figure below shows that most buyers are in the age group 30-34 years, followed by 35-39 years and 25-29 years. Most sellers are in the age group 50-54 years, followed by 55-59 years and 45-49 years. The age group distribution is more even among sellers of one- or two-dwelling buildings for permanent living than among buyers. A majority of buyers were in the younger age groups.
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