People often ask us what we are noticing as trends in mobility to and from Sweden. It certainly has changed in the last 10 years. This is our 10th summer working as sublet brokers. We have properties in all of Sweden but primarily in Stockholm, Malmö and Göteborg. www.residensportalen.com
On a positive side, more Swedes are renting out their properties vis a vis selling them or leaving them vacant. The government has also eased a tiny bit in their taxation of rental properties and more people are gaining an interest in "ägarlägenheter" which are apartments with separate titles and no rules regarding renting them out. This has resulted in more properties being available to rent.
On the flip side, the expatriates that come to Sweden to find housing have grown more demanding in terms of the standard of housing available. Five to seven years ago expatriates had to make do with a house that had wallpaper fraying and had old appliances since the market was so limited. Now, with more choices, not only in Sweden, the same expatriate will not rent such a house and if nothing is to his/her liking they may not move to Sweden all together.
As the world is shrinking due to how connected we are virally with Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, Skype, Blogs etc etc have we become less mobile? Or, have we simply become more selective in the adventures we subject our families to when it comes to making big overseas moves? We think the next few years will demonstrate changes in mobility not only due to the technological leaps made in the past years but also as companies become more and more fiscally accountable. The cost of moving a family for two years may no longer be worth it.
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