During the corona pandemic, house prices have risen sharply.
More spent more time at home and wanted to live bigger.
In recent months, however, prices have stabilized, figures from Swedish Brokerage Statistics show.
Looking at the whole of Sweden, housing prices were stagnant in September.
In central Stockholm and Gothenburg, the prices of condominiums rose by one percent.
"Fewer for each week who can afford"
Fredrik Kullman, CEO of the real estate agency Bjurfors Stockholm, believes that the stabilization is expected because prices are now so high.
- It is a trend we have seen coming for quite some time, that prices will level out.
It is a good pressure but we are starting to approach a level that is the maximum of what consumers can handle, he says and continues:
- Slightly carelessly expressed, it can be said that prices have increased by 15-20 percent in the past year, while wages have increased by around 2 percent.
This means that for every week, fewer people have the opportunity to buy a home and get a loan from the bank.
Quiet in Malmö
Anyone waiting for a home at a wreck price, Fredrik Kullman thinks, however, is waiting in vain.
- I do not think you should expect a decline.
What we are seeing now is an adjustment to a new price level that is settling.
This we will lie for a while, I think.
But there are housing categories where the price rally has not been as fierce.
- Some homes can still rise, on small ones we have not seen the same price increase at all.
In Malmö, housing prices have been stagnant.
No changes have been seen in condominiums in the last two months and house prices have been at the same level for the past three months.