Buying in Stockholm: the back story

About Buying in Stockholm: the back story

By the ULTIMATE Stockholm Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief: Jai Michael

Most homes in central Stockholm are apartments, and most of those are bostadsrätter, tenant-owner flats owned through a housing association. Lantmäteriet, the national mapping and land registration authority, registers who owns each property and is building a new register for bostadsrätter; Skatteverket handles tax. Estate agents (mäklare) handle most sales.

Where people buy

Östermalm, with Strandvägen and the streets around Östermalmstorg; Vasastan and its squares; Södermalm and SoFo; Kungsholmen by the water; and the new waterside districts of Hammarby Sjöstad, Hagastaden and Norra Djurgårdsstaden.

How buying works

Lantmäteriet registers ownership of a property (lagfart) and is building the national register of bostadsrätter. Ask your agent and your lawyer about the housing association’s finances before you buy a tenant-owner flat.

We never publish prices: ask a registered estate agent and your own lawyer.

Our advice: read the association’s annual report before you bid.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Buying in Stockholm: the back story before you go.