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Highest rents in Oslo
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2011-06-24T10:00:00.000Z
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Rental market survey, 2011

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Highest rents in Oslo

The rental market survey 2011 shows that tenants living in Oslo including Bærum pay the most for rented dwellings. In this area the average monthly rent is NOK 8 530. On a national basis the average monthly rent is NOK 6 130.

Rent differences vary on a regional basis. Tenants living in Oslo including Bærum pay on average NOK 1 607 more than tenants living in Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim and Tromsø, where the average rent is NOK 6 923. In other urban settlements with more than 20 000 inhabitants the average rent is NOK 5 802.

The Norwegian rental market is characterised by large variations in rents due to geography, physical unit attributes, relations between tenants and landlords and period of tenancy. The average estimates must therefore be treated with some caution. It is also important to emphasise that average rent levels from previous years are not directly comparable since the survey is based on unique samples each year that may differ according to variables that are important for the rent level.

The rental market in Norway has elements of subsidies, i.e. tenancies with family and friends and major landlords such as municipalities and student organisations. The deregulated private rental market consists of private individuals letting out dwellings or parts of their own dwelling (not to family and friends), and private landlords or private letting agencies. These cover approximately 65 per cent of the Norwegian rental market.

The proportion of tenants in younger age groups is relatively high, thus shorter tenancies dominate.

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