A Swedish housing glossary for newcomers

If you look at homes in Sweden, these words come up again and again.

• Utgångspris: asking price. Where the bidding starts.
• Slutpris: final price. What the home sold for.
• Budgivning: bidding.
• Visning: viewing.
• Mäklare: estate agent.
• Bostadsrätt: a flat that you own as a member of a housing association.
• Bostadsrättsförening (BRF): housing association.
• Avgift: monthly fee to the association.
• Årsredovisning: annual report.
• Äganderätt: full ownership, for example of a house.
• Villa: detached house.
• Radhus: terraced house.
• Kedjehus: link house, joined to its neighbours by a garage or a shed.
• Fritidshus: holiday home.
• Boarea: living area.
• Biarea: secondary area, such as storage.
• Rok: rooms and kitchen, for example "2 rok".
• Handpenning: deposit, often paid when you sign.
• Tillträde: move-in day.
• Lagfart: registration of ownership, with stamp duty.

Learn them by playing

PricePinner is in English and Swedish. Play in Swedish for a week, and these words become normal.