Tag: real estate
Tycoon wants to take over Oslo tower
Tryvanns Tower still literally towers over Oslo, but it's been closed and abandoned for the past two years. Now local real estate tycoon Christian...
Røkke’s tower can’t save the seas
Norwegian industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke has been met with thumbs down from political leaders in the Oslo suburb of Bærum, who refused to approve...
Housing prices rose again, sales brisk
January turned out to be anything but a slow month in Norway's housing market. Prices rose, and the number of homes sold broke a...
Housing prices rise in line with salaries
Year-end figures showed that housing prices in Norway rose an average of 2.8 percent in 2018, in line with average wage growth. The figures...
Prospects bright for Norway’s economy
Norwegian economists agree that New Year prospects are bright for the country's economy in 2019. They predict economic growth of 2 percent, low interest...
Housing prices keep sliding
Norway's real estate brokers' organization (Eiendom Norge) reported another price decline in the housing market on Wednesday, with figures showing prices to be down...
Housing prices are down nationwide
Average prices of both new and used homes fell in Norway last month, another sign that the country's once-red-hot residential real estate market has...
Giant skyscraper plan meets fury
Local opposition is strong to wealthy Norwegian industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke's plans to build a skyscraper at Fornebu in Bærum, west of Oslo. Residents...
DNB raises its mortage rates
Norway's biggest bank, DNB, didn't waste any time in raising interest rates on its home loans. It became the first Norwegian bank on Friday...
Record home sales, but prices stable
Record numbers of homes were sold in Norway in June, but prices were relatively stable compared to both last year and to the month...
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