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Stockholm’s apartment market is dominated by tenant-owner cooperatives (Bostadsrätt) — Östermalm, Södermalm and Vasastan trade with 0% stamp duty via licensed Fastighetsmäklare.

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Title checked
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1.5%lagfort stamp duty
Tillsvidareopen-ended leases are the norm
3 mostandard notice
QueueStockholm’s first-hand rental years-long line
What a purchase really costs

4 500 000 kr home in Stockholm

Stamp duty (lagfart, 1.5%) (1.5%)
67 500 kr
Bank & registration fees (≈0.2%)
9 000 kr
Cash needed at closing
4 576 500 kr

≈ +1.7% over the price. Lagfort — the title registration — costs 1.5% of price (1.5% apartments, 4.25% for organizations) plus a small fee. Agents (mäklare) are seller-paid and licensed. The purchase contract at the mäklare’s office binds; closing runs through the bank weeks later. First-home savers use ISK accounts; there is no transfer-tax relief.

Rentals run on rules

The rent side, in three lines

  • Deposits run one to three months (deposition).
  • Leases commonly run open-ended (tillsvidare) with 3-month notice.
  • Second-hand rentals (andrahandsuthyrning) need the landlord’s written consent — the queue system governs first-hand.

Stockholm prices off HQ wages and an island topology; Gothenburg and Malmö follow at a discount.

Buying an apartment means acquiring shares in a housing cooperative (Bostadsrättsförening - BRF) subject to board approval, with no lagfart stamp duty payable on cooperative apartments.

The rental market is bifurcated between regulated first-hand municipal leases (förstahand) and strictly controlled second-hand subleases (andrahand) governed by Hyreslagen cost-of-capital caps.

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FAQ

Do buyers pay stamp duty on Stockholm apartments?
No. Bostadsrätt cooperative apartments are exempt from the 1.5% lagfart stamp duty that applies to freehold houses.
How does second-hand renting work in Stockholm?
Subletting requires BRF board consent, and rents are legally capped based on the owner’s cost of capital plus utilities.

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