Swedish housing market rout continues with prices down 17%


STOCKHOLM: The drop in home prices in Sweden continued unabated in the last month of the year, suggesting 2023 could offer little relief for an already troubled housing market.

The overall market is now down almost 17% since a peak in the spring, according to state-owned mortgage lender SBAB, indicating that the 20% forecasts made by most economists, including the central bank, could prove too conservative.

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