In Norway as a whole, house prices fell by 0.3 per cent in June, but adjusted for seasonal variations, they rose by 0.3 per cent. It shows figures from Eiendom Norge, which keeps statistics on housing prices every month. So far this year, they have risen 8.8 percent. In Stavanger and Kristiansand, the picture is different than in the country as a whole: In Stavanger, house prices rose by 0.7 per cent and 0.8 per cent adjusted for seasonal variations. Dina Meyer. Photo: Ole Andreas Bø / news Actually finished with public transport In that market, Dina Meyer (27) will have her own city to live in. – Now I live with four others. I’m actually done with collective. I had thought I would get my own before Christmas, but now I do not know, she says. She has just got a full-time job, goes on tours and has been told by the banks how much she can borrow. – I read that the market has gone up a bit, but in another city I read that it could go down in the autumn. Then you start to think that maybe you should wait, she says. Benedicte Mæland, real estate agent in Privatmegleren Haferkamp & Partnere, is not surprised by the statistics for the Stavanger area. Photo: Ole Andreas Bø / news Benedicte Mæland is a real estate agent in Stavanger and is working on a booth round when news comes by while numbers are being presented. Have had affordable housing – This is not surprising. We have seen the same trend over the last year. There are fewer dwellings for sale, but the demand is there, she says. – We are one of the cities with the strongest growth, she adds. Henning Lauridsen in Eiendom Norge. Photo: Bård Nafstad / news Kristiansand also has strong growth. Adjusted for seasonal variations, prices in the city increased slightly more than in Stavanger, 0.9 per cent. – Both cities have had affordable housing. Then the labor market has come back very strongly, and this helps to raise prices. There is population growth again, says Henning Lauridsen, CEO of Eiendom Norge. Up in Bergen, unchanged in Trondheim In Bergen, the uncorrected decline was somewhat lower than elsewhere in the country, 0.1 per cent. And adjusted for seasonal variations, prices rose 0.6 percent. In Trondheim, housing prices fell by 0.2 per cent, but are unchanged when seasonal variations are taken into account. Meyer’s bank in Stavanger has recommended she get rid of the car, and she should. She has also saved, but does not know if it is enough for her to buy what she wants. – One would like to enter the housing market. I am now 27 years old. I would rather pay down on my own loan than pay rent to others. This is difficult, she says. In May, house prices rose 1.2 per cent from the previous month. At the same time last year, ie from May to June 2021, they fell by 0.2 per cent, but rose adjusted for seasonal variations.
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Housing prices rose by 0.3 per cent from May to June – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
