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            <title><![CDATA[Skandia raises mortgage rates, and other banks may follow]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Skandia is raising several of its mortgage rates, the bank announces. Now several major banks are expected to follow suit.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBAB CEO Warns of Great Economic Uncertainty as Q2 Profit Falls]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The CEO of state-owned mortgage bank SBAB sees “great economic uncertainty” in a quarterly report. The bank reports an operating profit of SEK 660 million for the second quarter of the year. This compares with SEK 759 million in the previous quarter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:23:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBAB expects policy rate to remain unchanged in 2026]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[If the Strait of Hormuz opens in the near future, it is highly likely that the Swedish Central Bank will leave the policy rate unchanged in 2026, the state-owned SBAB says in the latest edition of Boräntenytt.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 03:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Profit boost for SBAB - low credit growth]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Profits rose at state-owned mortgage bank SBAB in the first quarter. Lower costs and reduced fees had a positive impact.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Breaking the trend for mortgages - more people are fixing interest rates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[More Swedes are choosing to fix their mortgage interest rates in the wake of the war in Iran. A clear trend shift is visible among SBAB's customers. The proportion choosing to fix their interest rates reached a record high in March, says Linda Hasselvik, the state mortgage bank's private and housing economist.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:46:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mortgage Rates Rise - Should Have Locked In Last Week]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bank mortgage rates continue to rise. Now it may be too late to lock in the interest rate - unless you have trouble sleeping.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBAB: Hope for stable mortgage rates despite concerns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[State mortgage bank SBAB's interest-rate forecast for the year remains largely unchanged, despite the impact of the war in Iran on the global economy. Mortgage rates are forecast to increase moderately going forward.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:32:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[State-owned mortgage bank SBAB proposes nearly SEK 2.2 billion dividend for 2025]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The board of the state-owned mortgage bank SBAB is proposing a dividend of almost SEK 2.2 billion for 2025, according to its financial statements. This corresponds to 100 percent of the profit for 2025.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:29:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBAB predicts moderate increase in mortgage interest rates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[State-owned bank SBAB predicts rising mortgage rates. The window for locking in mortgages at a favorable rate is still considered open.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:31:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBAB: More people are fixing mortgage interest rates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The vast majority opt for variable interest rates on their mortgages. Fixed-rate mortgages have seen a small increase, but the window is now closing, according to state-owned lender SBAB.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:47:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Housing prices fall 0.7 percent in 2025]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[House prices fell by an average of 1 percent in December, and for the year 2025 as a whole they ended down 0.7 percent.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hemnet's new feature: Sell the home first, pay later]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The housing site Hemnet is launching a new model for those who want to sell their home. "Sell first, pay later" will now be possible for the company's housing ads. However, you must be prepared to pay more.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:08:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[House prices fell in November]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Housing prices fell back in November but rose slightly in seasonally adjusted figures, SBAB Booli's monthly survey shows. At the same time, the low number of sales is worrying. "However, the sales figures for both apartments and villas do not look as cheerful. It remains to be seen what this means for the continued price development," says SBAB's chief economist Robert Boije in a press release.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:30:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBAB: Households lift the economy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The state-owned mortgage bank SBAB is raising its growth forecast – both for this year and next year. Higher household consumption will drive growth this year and next year there will also be a small boost from public consumption, according to chief economist Robert Boije.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:40:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Now is a Good Time to Lock in a Fixed Mortgage Rate Says SBAB]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bind mortgage interest rate? Then it may be time to strike now. If the forecasts hold "it seems cheap to insure against unexpected interest rate movements", according to the bank SBAB.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:10:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SBAB CEO Explains Why Mortgage Rates Can't Be Lowered Further]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[SBAB has lower requirements for profit from its owners than what the major banks have. Despite this, the state-owned bank's customers do not get lower mortgage rates. Lowering the profit requirement further does not help, according to CEO Mikael Inglander. It is important to remember when it comes to the major banks, that they have a completely different type of business model.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:13:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Condominium Fees Rise by 20 Percent in 2023 and 2024]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[More than 6 out of 10 housing associations raised the fees both in 2023 and 2024. On average, this involves 20-percent increases.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Interest Rate Decision Can Boost the Housing Market]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Central Bank's signals that there may be three interest rate cuts this year will lead to more housing transactions, experts predict. However, one should not believe in any significant price increase, says SBAB's chief economist Robert Boije.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2024 08:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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