House prices in Sweden: price index for 1 and 2 dwelling buildings for permanent living (1981=100)
Economics Team | August, 29, 2020
Sweden
House prices in Sweden. Statistics Sweden (SCB) has a good collection of Swedish house price statistics. There is a real estate price index for one and two dwelling buildings which extends back to 1986.
House price changes in Sweden, nominal and inflation-adjusted ('real')
% change over a year earlier
Sweden
Source: Statistics Sweden
Quarterly Change in house prices
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2020 | 2.4 | |||
| 2019 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 1.78 | -0.14 |
| 2018 | -0.94 | -2.21 | -0.24 | -0.32 |
| 2017 | 1.94 | 2.34 | 1.54 | -0.22 |
| 2016 | 0.22 | 1.6 | 3.1 | -0.19 |
| 2015 | 2.66 | 3.28 | 3.62 | 2.34 |
| 2014 | 2.35 | 1.82 | 3.28 | 1.08 |
| 2013 | 0.32 | 1.21 | 1.48 | 0.77 |
| 2012 | -0.19 | 0.65 | 1.89 | -0.15 |
| 2011 | -0.51 | -0.57 | -0.29 | -4.16 |
| 2010 | 1.95 | 1.77 | 0.51 | -0.96 |
| 2009 | -0.02 | 3.73 | 2.78 | 1.18 |
| 2008 | -1.41 | -0.2 | 0.71 | -3.5 |
| 2007 | 0.8 | 4.24 | 4.23 | -1.46 |
| 2006 | 3.55 | 1.89 | 2.95 | 0.18 |
| 2005 | 0.91 | 3.06 | 3.94 | 1.48 |
| 2004 | 2.27 | 3.69 | 2.49 | 0.76 |
| 2003 | -0.44 | 2.13 | 2.55 | 0.49 |
| 2002 | 1.48 | 1.88 | 3.77 | -0.4 |
| 2001 | 2.8 | -0.45 | 1.71 | -1.81 |
| 2000 | 3.18 | 4.09 | 3.5 | -0.35 |
| 1999 | 1.38 | 3.31 | 3.02 | -0.48 |
| 1998 | 4.11 | 2.98 | 3.33 | 1.27 |
| 1997 | 1.69 | 2.85 | 1.77 | -0.57 |
| 1996 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 2.26 | -0.08 |
| 1995 | -0.6 | 0.55 | -1.08 | -2.11 |
| 1994 | 1.3 | 1.86 | 0.66 | -2.21 |
| 1993 | -7.29 | -0.53 | -0.45 | 0.32 |
| 1992 | -4.7 | -2.44 | -3.21 | -7.53 |
| 1991 | 2.33 | -2.15 | 0.22 | -2.2 |
| 1990 | -0.64 | 0.02 | -3.22 |
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation.
Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in value of housing than the usual nominal figures cited in the newspapers.
