Sales of tenant-owned flats 2021 and 2022 (Corrected 2023-07-04)
Sales of tenant-owned flats amounted to SEK 297 billion
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2023-07-04 8.00
The statistics has been corrected 2023-07-04. In 2022, 107 248 tenant-owned flats were sold for a total value of SEK 297 billion. The average price for a tenant-owned flat fell by almost 1 percent, from SEK 2.785 million in 2021 to SEK 2.766 million in 2022.
In the three metropolitan areas (Greater Stockholm, Greater Gothenburg, Greater Malmö), the total turnover was SEK 222 billion, which represents 75 percent of the total sales value. In Greater Stockholm the turnover was more than SEK 163 billion, which represents 55 percent of the total turnover in Sweden. The corresponding figure in Greater Gothenburg was SEK 34 billion and almost 12 percent, and in Greater Malmö it was more than SEK 24 billion and more than 8 percent.
Sales of tenant-owned flats decreased in 2022
In 2022, 107 248 tenant-owned flats were sold, which is 20 092 less sales than in 2021. Among all tenant-owned flats sold in 2022, more than half (almost 57 percent) of the sales were made in the metropolitan areas (Greater Stockholm, Greater Gothenburg and Greater Malmö). Greater Stockholm accounted for 37 percent of all sales, Greater Gothenburg accounted for 10 percent and Greater Malmö accounted for more than 9 percent.
Large regional differences in price
In 2022, the average purchase price of a tenant-owned flat was more than SEK 2.7 million. However, there are large regional differences. The most expensive tenant-owned flats were located in Stockholm County, where the average price was SEK 4.1 million, while tenant-owned flats for the lowest prices were located in Västernorrland County, where the average price was SEK 964 000.
The table below shows the number of sales, mean prices and median prices for 2021 and 2022 by county, metropolitan area, rest of the country, and the country as a whole.
County |
2021 [1] | 2021 [1] | 2021 [1] | 2022 [2] | 2022 [2] | 2022 [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of purchases | Average purchase price, SEK 1000 | Median purchase price, SEK 1000 | Number of purchases | Average purchase price, SEK 1000 | Median purchase price, SEK 1000 | |
Stockholm |
48 306 | 4 088 | 3 313 | 39 692 | 4 117 | 3 350 |
Uppsala |
5 943 | 2 376 | 2 200 | 5 092 | 2 424 | 2 200 |
Södermanland |
2 863 | 1 590 | 1 450 | 2 310 | 1 624 | 1 478 |
Östergötland |
4 236 | 1 906 | 1 800 | 3 495 | 1 900 | 1 785 |
Jönköping |
2 392 | 1 807 | 1 800 | 2 019 | 1 823 | 1 800 |
Kronoberg |
1 181 | 1 800 | 1 720 | 954 | 1 789 | 1 700 |
Kalmar |
1 742 | 1 301 | 1 070 | 1 394 | 1 257 | 960 |
Gotland |
561 | 2 450 | 2 250 | 484 | 2 512 | 2 300 |
Blekinge |
847 | 1 331 | 1 130 | 743 | 1 293 | 1 100 |
Skåne |
17 222 | 2 164 | 1 900 | 14 423 | 2 242 | 1 930 |
Halland |
1 881 | 2 571 | 2 450 | 1 618 | 2 579 | 2 419 |
Västra Götaland |
18 460 | 2 591 | 2 400 | 15 545 | 2 494 | 2 300 |
Värmland |
2 470 | 1 224 | 1 068 | 2 170 | 1 280 | 1 125 |
Örebro |
2 564 | 1 555 | 1 500 | 2 126 | 1 453 | 1 375 |
Västmanland |
3 455 | 1 426 | 1 200 | 3 175 | 1 413 | 1 160 |
Dalarna |
2 670 | 1 092 | 900 | 2 550 | 1 025 | 800 |
Gävleborg |
2 253 | 1 310 | 1 250 | 1 980 | 1 316 | 1 205 |
Västernorrland |
2 456 | 954 | 780 | 2 229 | 964 | 800 |
Jämtland |
1 688 | 1 421 | 1 200 | 1 684 | 1 259 | 975 |
Västerbotten |
2 538 | 1 853 | 1 800 | 2 205 | 1 891 | 1 830 |
Norrbotten |
1 612 | 1 289 | 1 243 | 1 360 | 1 386 | 1 333 |
Metropolitan area |
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Greater Stockholm |
48 306 | 4 088 | 3 313 | 39 692 | 4 117 | 3 350 |
Greater Gothenburg |
13 517 | 3 200 | 2 850 | 10 903 | 3 139 | 2 800 |
Greater Malmö |
12 192 | 2 351 | 2 095 | 10 027 | 2 442 | 2 125 |
Rest of the country |
53 325 | 1 600 | 1 475 | 46 626 | 1 598 | 1 450 |
Sweden |
127 340 | 2 785 | 2 310 | 107 248 | 2 766 | 2 300 |
[1] Figures for 2021 are definitive. [2] Figures for 2022 are preliminary.
Definitions and explanations
Purchase price calculations in this statistical news are based on statement of earnings information provided to the tax authorities by the tenant-owned housing associations when a purchase/sale of a flat takes place. The sales are only from the second-hand market and not newly built flats. The results for 2022 are calculated using preliminary material, while figures for 2021 are based on definitive material.
What is not included in the statistics?
Some tenant-owned flats are sold for a symbolic (low) price and other tenant-owned flats are exceedingly expensive, particularly in Stockholm. In this report, all transfers of ownership are included regardless of lowest price, but with a highest price of SEK 20 million. However, transfers of ownership that are defined as inheritance, a gift, division of property or similar are not included. Furthermore, only transfers of ownership carried out by physical entities are included, and only where ownership of the whole flat has been transferred.
Price comparisons between years
It should be noted that it is difficult to draw conclusions about the development of prices of tenant-owned flats based on these figures. To draw such conclusions, a better measure than just mean and median prices should be used, as these do not take into account size, location and other factors that can affect the market price. Therefore, no percentage changes are reported here at regional level.
Statistical measure – mean price and median price
Both the mean price and the median price are reported in this statistical news. This is because purchase prices are unevenly distributed. In most regions, there are a number of sales at a very high price, which leads to a high mean value. To highlight this, the median price is also included. The median is the middle value in an ordered set of values. Therefore, this measure is not affected to the same extent as the mean value by extreme values.
Greater Stockholm consists of the whole of Stockholm County.
Greater Gothenburg consists of Ale, Alingsås, Göteborg, Härryda, Kungsbacka, Kungälv, Lerum, Lilla Edet, Mölndal, Partille, Stenungsund, Tjörn and Öckerö municipalities.
Greater Malmö consists of Burlöv, Eslöv, Höör, Kävlinge, Lomma, Lund, Malmö, Skurup, Staffanstorp, Svedala, Trelleborg and Vellinge municipalities.
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