In total – both for public housing and private property companies – rents for 1.4 million apartments have been increased on average by 4.8 percent. This is clear after nearly 90 percent of the negotiations are complete.
It's starting to turn downwards again from these record-high rent increases we've had over the past two years, says Carl-Johan Bergström, chief negotiator at the Tenants' Association, and continues:
It's still a fairly small decrease. It's still a high level for many tenants, they're struggling to make ends meet.
For public housing, the average increase was lower – 4.7 percent, and the claim was on average 7.7 percent. For private property companies, the claim was on average 11.2 percent, where the increase landed on average at 4.9 percent.
The highest rent increase was in Vaxholm municipality with an average of 6.3 percent. The lowest increase was for tenants in Färgelanda municipality with an average of 3.3 percent. According to Bergström, there are "fairly large local differences" between municipalities.
Property owners GFR went out earlier in March and called for rent negotiations for 2026, which is record-early.
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Rent increases over the last 10 years
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2025: 4.8 percent
2024: 5.2 percent
2023: 4.2 percent
2022: 1.7 percent
2021: 1.3 percent
2020: 1.9 percent
2019: 1.9 percent
2018: 1.0 percent
2017: 0.7 percent
2016: 0.6 percent
2015: 1.1 percent
Source: Tenants' Association
