Sweden Responds to Worst Housing Slump Since 2008 With Supply
- Housing indicators now show market is recovering after decline
- Swedish coalition aims to make housing an election issue
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Sweden’s government wants to add supply to a housing market that’s just gone through its biggest price slump in a decade.
The Social Democrat-led ruling coalition is intending to make property construction a key plank of its campaign ahead of the September election, according to Peter Eriksson, the country’s housing minister.