4/6/09

Owning your own home

Thursday February 19 th the Government in Sweden decided on something revolutionary (to Sweden, the other Nordic countries are way ahead). From May 1st you are now able to actually OWN your home! I know it sounds braindead, but that's the fact. Before, when you bought an apartment, it meant that you bought a share of the tenant association (bostadsförening). You could only buy and completely OWN a home if it were a house that was seperate or in a chain, not if it was an apartment in a high-rise or a block of flats. So now I'm eager to see how this will work out and how it will take shape. I'm just glad Stockholm is up for some change.
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  1. NachoApril 6, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    That was weird... You did not own your apartment?? It's not only other nordic countries... South here, if we buy something, we own it... Therefore we are in such deeper economic troubles nowadays...

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  2. Me, Myself and MioliApril 6, 2009 at 11:11 PM

    You just owned the right to live there. Sounds weird, huh. Well we are renters anyway. :)

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