Housing prices, construction costs and competition in the construction sector, a Swedish perspective

Higher Seminar in Economics with Mats Bergman and Sten Nyberg.

Welcome to a higher seminar arranged by the Department of Economics, at the School of Social Sciences, Södertörns University where professor of Economics Mats Bergman and Sten Nyberg professor of Economics at Stockholm University will present a paper "Housing prices, construction costs and competition in the conhstruction sector, a Swedis perspective


The paper examines the development of increasing housing prices in Sweden in relation to the development of land and construction costs and potential causes for these patterns. In particular, we discuss how scarcity of land for development affect housing prices and construction costs. However, in comparison with similar countries Swedish constructions cost increase more. We discuss potential reasons for this, including areas where the competitive pressure in the Swedish construction sector might be weaker.