Just a day after Sweden's central bank raised the country's key interest rate to 2 percent, banks are starting to follow..
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New figures from Statistics Sweden show that mortgage rates rose last month on all fixed-term mortgages, the same month the central bank cut the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.75 percent.
Fixed-rate mortgages in Sweden have risen sharply over the past month, according to a compilation of average bank rates.
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Variable mortgage rates held steady in Sweden in May, while some longer-term fixed rates dipped slightly, a new roundup reveals.
Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has cut the country's key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.75 percent, with the bank's director adding that there will be no further cuts.
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Sweden's parliament is not scheduled to debate plans to hike the minimum salary for a work permit to 90 percent of the median salary until March at the earliest, according to a calendar for 2026.
Differing interest rates between Sweden's banks mean that mortgage holders could save thousands of kronor per year by switching banks or negotiating a new rate.
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