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Housing prices fall as rates rise
Norway's central bank raised its key policy rate again on Thursday, amidst news that housing prices keep falling. The market for holiday homes, meanwhile,...
Economic uncertainty rises, even as ‘war profits’ do too
NEWS ANALYSIS: Never before have some of Norway's largest companies and banks generated more profits, often tied to Russia's war on Ukraine. Hundreds of...
Housing prices rose again
Lots of real estate experts and analysts had predicted that housing prices would settle down on higher interest rates, and that the sellers' market...
Banks start raising mortgage rates
It didn't take long for Norway's commercial banks to boost their lending rates after the central bank, Norges Bank, raised its policy rate again...
Tougher resale rules boost housing prices
New state rules meant to cool down a hot real estate market and reduce conflicts after homes change hands instead sent housing prices to...
New housing sales fall again
Sales of newly built housing have fallen for the sixth month in a row, reports homebuilders' association Boligprodusentenes Forening. Total sales for 2021, however,...
Housing prices fell in December
Norway's red-hot housing market cooled down a bit in December, with prices on average falling 1.3 percent nationwide from the month before. They were...
High housing prices spread outside Oslo
Oslo's housing affordability problem is now spilling over into the entire metropolitan area. Even though Oslo's record high prices have declined slightly in recent...
Housing prices finally level off
After many months of ever-rising housing prices, they finally leveled off in April, rising a relatively modest 0.2 percent from March. The year-to-year figures,...
Housing market may see a ‘correction’
Residential real estate prices are still up 12.5 percent over last year at this time, and a stunning 15.6 percent in Oslo, according to...
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