Knowledge base
Selling a home: preparation, cost and tax
Most of what decides the final price is settled before the listing goes live. Here we go through preparation, picking an agent or selling privately, the costs, and the tax afterwards.
13 guides
Tax
3Declaring a home sale: step by step
Sold a home last year, the deal goes in the return: K5 for houses, K6 for tenant-owner apartments. The records, profit or loss, deferral and common mistakes.
4 minDeferring capital gains tax: how to postpone the tax
Selling at a profit and buying new, you can defer capital gains tax, interest-free since 2021. The requirements, ceiling, and when it pays.
4 minCapital gains tax on home sales: how to calculate
Capital gains tax is 22 percent of profit: price minus purchase, improvements and selling expenses. How to calculate step by step, even at a loss.
5 min
The listing
2Photographing the home yourself: photos that fill viewings
Photos decide whether anyone clicks the listing. How to photograph the home yourself: light, angles, tidying, and mistakes quietly costing you buyers.
4 minProperty listing guide: write a listing that books viewings
Your listing decides who clicks and who books a viewing. Here are photos, headline, facts and price in the order a buyer reads them.
4 min
Preparation
2Home styling: cost and what it returns at sale
Home styling costs from 1,500 kr for advice to 30,000 kr or more for full furnishing, and is deductible. What each level returns.
8 minSelling your home: how to prepare
Selling your home: valuation, asking price, staging, documents and contract, and how a tenant-owner apartment differs from a house. How to prepare.
9 min
Planning
2Sell before you buy in 2026: why more sellers sell first
Selling before you buy: more people sell their home first in 2026. It brings peace of mind on money but raises where you’ll live in between. Here’s how.
3 minBuy or sell first? How to think right in your home deal
Buy or sell first is one of the hardest choices when moving. The risks, what double housing and bridging loans cost, and the 2026 market.
5 min
Without an agent
2Agent or sell privately: what pays off?
What does an estate agent cost? The fee is usually between 30,000 and 200,000 kronor. Here’s how to tell when selling yourself pays and when the agent earns the fee.
6 minSelling your home without an agent: step by step
You can sell houses and tenant-owner apartments yourself: value, list, show, negotiate, write contracts and move via the bank. The steps and costs.
11 min
Other guides
2Off market home sales explained: how hidden supply works
Some homes never reach the open listings. Others sit as coming soon first. Here is how hidden supply works and how you track it.
6 minWhat does selling a home cost?
What does it cost to sell a home in 2026? Agent’s fee, Hemnet, styling and capital gains tax, split by tenant-owner apartment and house, with or without an agent.
8 min