Tag: housing

Home prices cool, ‘but not enough’

Norway's notoriously high housing prices, especially in the Oslo area, are showing signs of flattening out in the midst of an unprecedented homebuilding boom....

New Munch Museum rises in ‘New Oslo’

PHOTO FEATURE: Oslo's new Munch Museum is now rising on the eastern waterfront of the Norwegian capital, influencing the city's landscape in line with...

Hot housing market starts to cool down

Real estate brokers in Norway say they're seeing clear signs that the country's overheated housing market of the past few years is finally starting to...

Mayor targeted in property tax revolt

The Labour Party's mayor in Norway's northern city of Bodø, Ida Pinnerød, is the target of so much anger over high local property tax bills...

Court to rule on Oslo’s property tax

Oslo's city government leaders from the Labour Party will now need to defend their new controversial property tax in court. They were sued over the questionable...

Political parties’ youth organizations unite on student housing demand

It’s not often that the youth organizations tied to all of Norway’s political parties agree on a common platform, but they have on the...

Property tax revolt starts to spread

It's not just Oslo's city government that's been sending out shockingly high property tax bills recently. Many Norwegians living in small communities from north to south have...

Property tax bills skyrocket in Oslo

Tens of thousands of Oslo residents have been finding some shocking notices in both their electronic and conventional mailboxes during the past few days....

Oslo home prices due to rise again

It's official: Average residential real estate prices in Oslo rose 22 percent in 2016 and fewer housing units are currently for sale than ever before. That...

Finance minister tackles high debt

Worried about both rising debt levels and sky-high housing prices, Finance Minister Siv Jensen has rolled out a package of measures to make it...
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