In Halland, 27 reports were made against brokers in 2020, compared with 13 reports in 2019. In Västra Götaland, the corresponding figure is 151 reports last year and 82 reports in 2019. Almost a doubling in both counties, according to FMI's figures.
Seen across the country, by far the most reports are about cap prices.
But the reports also concern bidding and lack of communication from the broker.
"Extremely hot market"
When the corona pandemic broke out, many believed that prices would be at the same level as in 2019 or lower.
But that did not happen.
Instead, more has been offered and prices have risen - a larger difference than usual between the starting price and the final price.
Something that plays into the number of reports for cap prices, believes Henrik Nilsson, chairman of the western Swedish circle at Mäklarsamfundet.
- It has been an extremely hot market.
Many registrations occur when the buyer who was on the show did not win the bidding and became bitter.
Henrik Nilsson thinks that the figures from FMI can be assessed on the basis that there were thousands more real estate transactions in total in Sweden in 2020 compared with 2019. And that there can therefore easily be major changes from one year to another, especially at the local level.
Point out the corona focus
What can you brokers do to reduce the number of registrations?
- We work proactively, but may not have reached all the way forward.
We can inform our members so that they can adapt their way of working.
If prices go up, you have to be on your toes.
- We have put a lot of energy into corona-safe screenings, but perhaps we should have put more into information about registrations and pricing.