Price index for existing dwellings, Q4 2006

Adjusted for seasonal variations, house prices increased by 4.1 per cent in the last quarter.

Prices up 21.3 per cent in Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim

From the fourth quarter of 2005 to the fourth quarter of 2006 house prices increased the most in Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim, by 21.3 per cent. Oslo and Bærum had a price growth of 17.4 per cent during the same period.

Prices of flats increased the most last year

Prices of row houses and flats increased by 3.1 per and 3.0 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2006, while prices of detached houses increased by 2.6 per cent. From the fourth quarter of 2005 to the fourth quarter of 2006 prices of flats increased the most, by 19.7 percent. In the same period, prices of row houses and detached houses increased by 18.0 and 15.4 per cent respectively.

A total of 15 368 sales are used in the calculation of the price index.

Tables:

• Table 1 House price index. All dwellings. 2000=100
• Table 2 House price index . All dwellings. Seasonally adjusted. 2000=100
• Table 3 House price index. Freeholder. 2000=100
• Table 4 House price index. Housing cooperative. 2000=100
• Table 5 International comparison. Prices of detached houses. Price change the last quarter and year