Cheap Houses in South Sweden | Buying a House in Sweden

[@LivingSwedish]

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[@Bruno-ho5jl]

In America the shared home arrangement is referred to as a tmeshare. Most buyers of timeshares end up regretting their purchase.

[@LivingSwedish]

I can so imagine!!

[@davidschonberger8609]

That last house was my favorite. The stone work outside and the indoor exposed brickwork are very attractive.

[@BerishStarr]

85% of Sweden's population lives in the "bottom third" of the country, so if you want to live among people the southern third is definitely where to go. Check a map where Swedish population is located to get a sense of where prices might be higher, and harder to find a place.

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks for sharing! 😀

[@shunawestern9153]

I loved the last property, and I must admit I'd never thought about living in Sweden,but the more I hear about how friendly and helpful the people are and what good value the properties are, well I'm definitely warming up to the idea...🥰🇬🇧🐾🐾🏡🎄❄️💕

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks for sharing! :)

[@treespirit2000]

Oh, please don't be fooled. Swedes are overall, not friendly -- decent people, yes, but very inhibited. The notable exception to this behavior is that they can be fun and jovial WHEN THEY ARE DRINKING ALCOHOL! Everyone admits this. I share this as a Scandinavian-American myself, who spent a year in Sweden as a teenager, and know whereof I speak.:-)

[@taranscott155]

The problem isn't finding property, it's finding an agent who will deal with a foreigner who doesn't have a Swedish bank account or personnumber. In my case I can prove the origin of my funds easily (inheritance) and in most countries cash is king, but most agents in Sweden refuse to deal with you if you don't have a Swedish bank account. I have found that the further north you go, the more willing agents are to deal with foreign funds by international bank transfer.

[@katherineremes4053]

My sister is a quarter owner of a condo in the mountains. So she gets one week every month. The caretakers of the property can also rent your week if you can’t go. I’m able to go with my family quite often. I love it. As for the Swedish properties I like the 2 Swedish ones the best! I love the character of the older homes

[@sassyfighter9577]

The second one is what is called a "Time Share" in the US and they are hard to resell. Most times, they get run down and the other owners do not want to pay for large repairs. They are considered a very bad investment.

[@kimaholland3423]

How lovely to see a 'Dutch' mill! All it needs are its 'Wieken' to be restored to full glory 💖 Have a look at the interior design ideas there is lots to choose from!

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you for the tip! 🥰

[@JohnR-gk7ch]

The 2 story yellow house is beautiful. The interior was perfect. Here in the US, it would be between $450,000 to $550,000. Your video was very interesting and informative. Could you do some more and be sure to mention the property taxes.

[@fredyyfredfreddy]

For residential properties (such as houses), the tax is 0.75% of the property's tax-assessed value, with a maximum of 9,287 SEK (as of recent years). For apartments (condominiums), the tax rate is 0.3% of the property's tax-assessed value.

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you so much for sharing! 🙏

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad someone shared already details about it. I will make sure to share it at the beginning of each video! 🙏

[@Gelis8]

Andelshus (shared house) is quite common at ski resorts in northern Sweden. Also starting to become more common at nice and popular coastal locations in southern Sweden. In principle, you can say that it is a holiday house

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks for sharing! 👏

[@Jonteponte71]

The first houses you looked at are in a very special part och Sweden called "Österlen" (in Skåne). It's a very popular summer vacation area and the closer you get to the sea, the more expensive it gets. With a view to the actual sea, you will pay basically the same prices as in Stockholm. Which is ironic since many of the people who live there in the summer are wealthy people from Stockholm :) Nevertheless I would recommend going there in the summer. It's a very beautiful (if a little expensive) area of Sweden!

[@LivingSwedish]

I have to visit for sure 😍

[@andersholmstrom3571]

Cool with the wind mill. Many years ago I worked as a commodity trader. I worked via brokers in London. One of the brokers told me that she grew up in an old wind mill. The north east of Skåne is a really nice area. I have a brother nearby so I have been there a bit.

[@LivingSwedish]

How amazing would it be to grow up in a wind mill?! 😍

[@carolmarshall8786]

I thought the fire station had a great feel and envision it looking very charming with minimal renovation.

[@nealweeks6632]

I would love the windmill property. It would take some thought, but definitely workable.

[@jms8346]

It’s quite common in many countries for holiday homes to be sold as a share of the property.

[@TheSimArchitect]

Thanks for another great video! You give us hope. 🙏🏻

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks a lot for watching! Really appreciate it 😊

[@TheSimArchitect]

@@LivingSwedish It's always positive to see your content. I don't have plans to move there (yet) but it feels like a safe place I can go to and live comfortably. My original plan was to move to Sweden, back in 2012, but I ended up returning to Brazil for some medical stuff (bariatric etc) and when flying back to the EU I settled in The Netherlands 7 years ago. I am surely reevaluating and the fact we can purchase something affordable that's nice to live and with much more space to breathe, privacy and car friendliness means a lot to me. There's a very high likelihood I'll consider moving there, applying for a personnummer (SE didn't give me one back then and I left before dealing with their bureaucracy, NL gave me a tax number in a couple of days with much less questions asked, another reason why I settled here, being a Portuguese citizen). Are private hospitals, doctors and clinics better than the public system? I was quite shocked once, going to a Swedish hospital, to learn they'd take more than 12 hours to see me and charge me a hefty fee just to talk to a doctor, if I had chosen to wait (even as an EU citizen). I heard the private sector was being implemented to deal with issues like that and also so you can see any doctor and expert without a referral etc. Is this true? I am always comparing and Ireland is excellent language and tax wise, affordable houses too, but terrible health care system without a way around it. I surely don't want to overstay my welcome anywhere but I want to get what I am paying for and I don't want to pay what I can't afford. Like most people, I think? 🙂 Have a lovely holiday season! 🥧🦃🥧

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

16.20 This "raw wall" we refer to as exposed brick. It is a great selling point..

[@keithss67]

The first house is cool, but a gut renovation. A buyer would have to know what contractors cost and what contractors might be available in that area. Plus, I’m sure a tremendous amount of permits would be required. Could be looking at a very lengthy and costly renovation

[@AsadKhan-wl6zh]

Very good properties also tell buying process

[@deborahhebblethwaite1865]

I like the last one and the fire station🇨🇦🙏

[@LivingSwedish]

Yeah! :)

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Once you get out of the city areas, prices plummet. Our (near future) is 50km from Uppsala and we got it for ½m SEK 15 years ago. It's trippled (at least) in value now, but still ...

[@LivingSwedish]

👏👏👏

[@juleswins3]

Last house shown. Great price and move-in ready.

[@noha1545]

I would definitely buy the last house

[@LivingSwedish]

Yessss! :)

[@bonilsson3161]

That 5 week access house is a time share, common in the US

[@btordxc]

Do you know if you can own the windmill as a holiday home if you are Canadian? I would change very little…keep it as a living museum.🙂. Going back to my roots…

[@LivingSwedish]

I don't know but it would be a fantastic idea! :D

[@chrisgrys3641]

Sweden become dangerous in some places Malmo don’t want to visit.Completely change since 2014.

[@andreewert1925]

the yellow house was cute...Location and Proximity rto services must be considered..dont know..Bonne Chance...Go for It..

[@pjk1714]

I prefer the last two house's. Timeshares are common in recreational areas in North America. The one shown would have around ten buyers. I don't see the drive for that area to consider. The bylaws allow or disallow renting out to others. Those terms are set and should be reviewed before considering investing.

[@jboughtin7522]

That was interesting. I am curious what kind of property taxes you may have on properties in Sweden? We have them in the USA that can be higher or lower depending on where you live.

[@theratrace999]

The first property is not a home it is a mill! When it was built it would have had a windmill at the top which generated the energy to grind the wheat, corn, etc.

[@jamescunningham1973]

Loved the fire station,is that an auction ptoperty?

[@LivingSwedish]

Yes, they were all auction properties! 😊

[@calbackk]

The talk of darkness is very much exaggerated imo. Off course it is dark in the very north, but generally the dark period passes very quickly since we are occupied with the Christmas season. And in the rest of the year we have MORE light than continental Europe.

[@golokavrndavana]

Ganska snyggt gjort.

[@LivingSwedish]

🙏😊

[@Salih998]

amazing video

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks a lot!

[@tumarfa]

10:30 - *"Bidding with BankID is ongoing"* Does this mean that buyers MUST have BankID? Because that could be a problem for those not yet residing in Sweden. Does anyone know if realtors/brokers are OK with buyers *not* having BankID?

[@livetefter4050]

Have you visited the dark north yet?

[@josecastro3521]

The first house is an old mill

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

A shared home is called a time-share. They were notorious in Spain in the 80s for taking all your money and the contract makes it impossible to sell it on.....in America they would you invite you to a seminar in a hotel because you don't have the right to cancel the contract unless you sign the contract in your own home.....

[@LivingSwedish]

Oh, I didn't see this as a time-share at all but now you mentioned it, it totally makes sense 😱

[@barrymontgomery9860]

Please slow down when going through the slides/pictures! Please! Please, You may have seen them before but we haven’t. According to Google you should pause at least 2-4 seconds at each photo or slide, longer if the slide is information heavy, I love your videos and look forward to more of your Content, Thank you!

[@gardenjoy5223]

Agree. Especially for the ground plans, which say so much.

[@owindustry]

What is the property tax in Sweden? And are any other taxes associated with houses other than property tax?

[@Jonteponte71]

Property taxes are variable but capped at around $600 per property per year. No other taxes.

[@cynic7049]

@Jonteponte71 is correct about the only recurring tax, roughly at least I am not sure about the exact amount. Apart from that there is a stamp duty when you buy it at 1.5% and a capital gains tax when you sell it, if you sale it for more than you bought it for. And the capital gains tax do not consider inflation or if you had it as you primary residence for ages or anything else*. *Well money spent on improving it do count, if you have recites (so the work you yourself put in do not count).

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks a lot for you response! :)

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks for helping out! 😊

[@LivingSwedish]

Happy that you already got an answer 😊 This community is brilliant! 🤩

[@viktoriabackeus7610]

The house in Knislinge have Kristianstad as it's closest biggest city. Kristianstad is not mega big but ~50k people living there and it have a hospital, a train station, college/högskola and more than one shopping centre. Östra Göinge kommun (where you can find Knislinge among other towns) have lots of cheap houses, it's not a "fancy" place to live because it's historically a place where poor people were living (the ground is filled with rocks and it was hard to be a farmer there). Look at properties in the counties: Halmstad, Jönköping, Kronoberg, Kalmar (and Blekinge), I call it the "north of Sweden prices but in the south", but you're trading low prices for long way to big cities, on the other hand the smaller towns have another communal feeling to them than big cities do.

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks so much for the insights! Super interesting! 😃

[@golokavrndavana]

Finns det någon grupp för att dela hus i Sverige?

[@tomeng9041]

Ja det kallas fängelse 😄

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

Google Hare Krishna....

[@LivingSwedish]

Not that I know of, unfortunately.

[@harithapiyumantha]

Second Like from me.

[@LivingSwedish]

😊

[@cajunspice48]

In America we call a shared house, a Time Share. Not worth the money being told what week's u have😮

[@Mickthemove_]

Bloomin hell, that shared ownership one equates to a house purchase price of 7.8 million Sw and running costs of 400 for each week...someone is laughing to the bank, just like southern Europe, timeshares are best avoided by most people

[@borismolina4369]

It’s a time share

[@barzatanich]

Wow, I always thought Sweden was very expensive, but those prices seem surprisingly reasonable. Of course, I’m not sure how close the houses shown in the video are to essential services like schools, public transport, or reliable internet etc... Still, when I compare it to Sarajevo where I am, houses are more expensive despite the city having countless issues, it’s eye-opening and I got inspired to consider the option of looking for remote work to afford a better house elsewhere

[@LivingSwedish]

Yeah, I think if you work remotely you have the best life in these areas. Of course, you will need to find your tribe as well but you normally have everything in smaller towns. As long as you have a car it's probably easy to reach everything.

[@andersgranstrom7128]

🤩

[@LivingSwedish]

Which house was your favourite? 😊

[@DeboeahHauser]

Shared home is like a time share SCAM tons of hidden costs

[@LivingSwedish]

Ah, I had no idea it was a time-share but now it totally makes sense. I definitely thought it was a bad deal 🙏

[@richardblomstrand6896]

, Hi there! - it,s you, the cute girl I saw some time ago and fell in love with. I’m glad you visited me in my iPad. Now it’s my turn to take you for lunch. I think we’ll have a great time and laugh a lot. Maybe also see interesting places in the city?? Where shall I collect you and what day suits you? Looking forward to your answer and hope to see you soon. Have a lovely week! - Richard

[@gardenjoy5223]

This comes across as Very Creepy Indeed.

[@lglubbock7593]

@@gardenjoy5223 he is trollin

[@MAKAKA2024-b7y]

In Sweden all the properties are purchased via betting. No?

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Usually property is sold by bidding, yes.

[@LivingSwedish]

Usually, yes! But there are single cases where you don't have to bid. If you make a good offer and the seller accepts it, great. Or the property hasn't sold in the time the seller wanted they're also open to offers rather than bids.

[@owindustry]

I hate bidding.

[@MAKAKA2024-b7y]

My point was that the price shown on the website is a starting price and there is a real chance that because of bidding final price will be higher.

[@chrippao1720]

​@@MAKAKA2024-b7y It's not uncommon that the starting bidders enter actually lower, it can even be a few 100k lower than announced price, depending of interest ofc. In my area it's the ordinary. The median announce price is 1.9mill and the median sell prices here are about 1.6mill.

[@gardenjoy5223]

A shared home? That's worse than renting. When you rent a home, you decide what you want. In a shared home with 'ownership' for 5 random weeks, you never decide anything. It's the most expensive stupidity I've come across in some time now.

[@LivingSwedish]

😅 🥳 🥰

[@nigelandrade2673]

Unbelievable prices

[@toddaron]

Yay! Swede e dark hair! Eric XIV sent my family to Hiuumaa and this helps should we decide to return.

[@thomaskristensen3201]

😂😂😂 Not cheap in sweden more