Norway’s Strongest Housing Market Since 2016 Stokes Rate Bets
- Real-estate values in Oslo jumped by 15% from year earlier
- Only rate hikes can brake house prices now, Swedbank says
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Norway’s house prices reached the highest level in five years, adding pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates well before peers with a move as soon as the second half of 2021.
The cost of a home rose 1.3% this month from January, the biggest increase for a February since 2009, according to Real Estate Norway, Eiendomsverdi and Finn.no. Annual gains exceeding 10% in several areas, including a 15% jump in Oslo, signal the strongest market since 2016, said Henning Lauridsen, the chief executive officer of Real Estate Norway.