Sweden

Registering Property in

Sweden

Listed below is a detailed summary of the steps, time and cost involved in registering property, assuming a standardized case of an entrepreneur who wants to purchase land and a building that is already registered and free of title dispute.

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  • Standard Property Transfer

  • Property Value: SEK 17,893,216.3
  • City: Stockholm

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No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit the Original and one copy of the transfer deed at the Land registry with the signatures of both parties

The buyer (or the buyer’s bank if a loan is involved) submits the deed of accession signed by the seller and the buyer to the Land Registry.
There is no need for a lawyer or notary to be involved in the process. Submission through the bank is the common practice and it facilitates the payment of registration fees and the stamp tax over the transfer.
The taxable value of the property is usually about 75% of the assessed market value.

Ownership is transferred at the moment of signing the deed. The purpose of registration is to protect the interests of any party holding a right in a property, and to inform anyone else affected by that right in any possible way, by publishing the registered information and to guarantee the correctness of the information through a government guarantee.

At the end of the registration, parties receive a letter evidencing the registration of the title, with an invoice for the registration fees and stamp duty fees (4.25%). Payment will then be done by the parties and it can be paid online.

In Sweden, as of May 1st, 2010 the Laws (Sw. "lagen om förvärv av hyresfastighet mm" and "förköpslagen") has abolished the requirement for clearance of preemption rights by the municipality. This reform applies to houses/buildings taxed as residential or office buildings (Sw. "hyreshusenhet").


Agency: Land Registry 		7 days SEK 825 + 4.25% of the value of the property
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