Tag: real estate
‘Hytte’ sales pick up with economy
Norwegians still love having a hytte, their own holiday cottage in the mountains or by the sea, and prices are picking up. A sure...
Expansion looms for former Olympic ski resorts
Investors have big plans for the two Norwegian ski resorts Hafjell and Kvitfjell. The new owners claim it will represent the biggest investment since...
Housing market starts year with weak prices
Housing prices slid again during the first month of the new year, sliding 2.2 percent in January on a national average. Real estate brokers'...
Housing prices still scare analysts
Housing prices were down another 1.1 percent in November and it hasn't taken so long to sell a home since the finance crisis in...
New homes designed for divorced couples, students
A socially conscious housing project in Oslo, still under evaluation by local building authorities, aims to help take the financial sting out of divorces...
Housing prices keep sliding, debt rising
State financial authorities at Finanstilsynet report that housing prices are likely to keep falling through 2018 before they start rising again. Prices have fallen...
Tycoon emerges as US Embassy buyer
A Norwegian mountain climber and real estate tycoon who owns thousands of condominiums has emerged as the successful bidder for the former US Embassy...
Scope of Oslo’s housing scandal grows
Nearly NOK 700 million worth of residential real estate purchases by the City of Oslo, for use as housing units for troubled or financially...
Loan demand falls with housing sales
Construction cranes remain a common sight in the Norwegian capital, but homebuilders have seen a dramatic sales decline in recent months and home loan...
Man charged in city housing scandal
UPDATED: Norway's economic crime unit Økokrim has launched an investigation of its own into the City of Oslo's questionable purchases, at inflated prices, of...
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