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The industry is declining compared to 2022 The year 2023 has started weakly, as the industry's purchasing statistics for January clearly show. Compared to the record years during the pandemic, the total industry value for the industry's large appliances and smaller household appliances is just over 18 percent lower, see the chart above. Even compared to 2019, this year's January does not reach the level that market sales […]

Recent figures from Statistics Sweden show that the construction cost index has risen sharply and the annual rate now amounts to 16.3 percent. Figures we have not seen since the 1970s in Sweden. Rising interest rates are an important explanation for the rise. Statistics Sweden (SCB) has recently released the figures for the development of construction costs up to and including January 2023. SCB's construction cost index for apartment buildings has risen […]

In our special edition of APPLiAnytt, we were able to read about how the market development in 2022 has unfolded compared to the record years during the pandemic. During the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, our market turnover increased by an incredibly strong 20 percent compared to the nearest ”normal” year without a pandemic, that is, 2019. This despite extensive problems with component shortages and logistics, which at times led to delivery problems for both […]

The year 2022 ended with a December that played in minor tones when it comes to market developments for white goods and household appliances. With just over minus 24 percent in the month of December, the accumulated annual result was reduced compared to the previous year to minus 13.3 percent. This is a significantly worse development compared to the development during the two record-breaking pandemic years of 2021 and 2020. […]

Not everything is dark in the housing construction market. At least not in the short term. The number of completed homes has maintained a high pace in both 2022 and it will continue at this high level in 2023 according to the National Board of Housing, Building and Planning's forecast. In both years, over 60,000 homes may be completed, of which over 30,000 rental apartments […]

In Sweden, construction of 43,750 homes began during the first three quarters of the year, which is nine percent lower compared to the same period in 2021. Compared to 2020, it is still a higher outcome – then 39,930 homes were started in multi-family buildings and single-family houses. Statistics Sweden writes in its press release that ”of the apartments started, approximately 34,200 are in […]

The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning delivers a gloomy forecast regarding new housing production in the coming years. Total investments in housing, premises and facilities in Sweden are expected to shrink by almost ten percent next year, which is comparable to the figures from the financial crisis in 2009 when they fell by approximately 12%. Diagram: Housing starts including net additions through renovation, with uncertainty intervalSource: […]

Speculation about how this year's Black Friday will turn out in our own industry and in other industries is hotly debated among experts, opinion leaders and the media. Among companies in the retail sector, there is great excitement about how consumers will react to the expected price increases from the various players. Applianytt has therefore asked around and checked what […]

If 2020 was the pandemic year that made us change our consumption patterns, then 2021 was the year characterized by logistics chaos and component shortages but also record growth in our industry. Now 2022 will probably be the year that will be characterized by total chaos. Inflation is rising. The krona is weakening. Energy prices are skyrocketing. Less space for consumption. And now we are already in the fourth […]

Statistics Sweden released its report on the number of new housing starts in the country in week 34. Approximately 31,050 apartments were started during the first half of 2022, the statistics show. This is a decrease of approximately 11 percent compared to the same period in 2021, when 34,826 apartments were started. Approximately 23,950 apartments were started in apartment buildings, which is 14 […]

An autumn awaits us that will likely bring a lot of challenges for the Swedish economy, the development of trade and not least our own industry. APPLiAnytt has compiled some of the statements from the Swedish Institute of Economic Research, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and two of our member companies as an indication of how our industry will be affected. KI: The economic outlook has deteriorated […]

The overall construction cost index for apartment buildings rose by 14.6 percent in July this year compared to July 2021. For June, the corresponding increase rate was 14.1 percent, Statistics Sweden announced on Monday. This is the largest change in annual rate since 1980.