Cheap Houses in Sweden: What €22,000 to €99,000 Gets You

41 Swedish homes under €100,000, most of them red wooden houses on big plots near a lake. Where they are, what they cost to buy, and what to check.

RealHunt Research · 2026-09-23

Sweden is the country people are most surprised by when they browse RealHunt. It has a reputation for being expensive, and in Stockholm it is. But 41 of the homes on our site are Swedish, all under €100,000, and most of them look like the picture you have in your head: a red wooden house with white corners, a garden, and a lake somewhere behind the trees.

Where the cheap ones are

Värmland, in the west near the Norwegian border, has the most homes on our list. After that come Småland, Dalarna, Skåne and Jönköping. These are forest and lake regions with small towns, not suburbs. Many houses are an hour or so from an airport: Karlstad, Växjö, Jönköping or Göteborg depending on where you are.

The cheapest Swedish home on the site is €22,000, a wooden house in the forest 550 metres from a lake. The median is €72,000. For that you usually get a detached house with a plot measured in thousands of square metres, not hundreds. Several come with a sauna, a guest cabin or a barn.

How buying works

This is where Sweden is easy. Anyone can buy a house, whether or not you live in the EU. There is no notary. The buyer pays a stamp duty (lagfart) of 1.5% of the price plus a small fixed fee to register the title, and a mortgage registration fee if you borrow. The seller pays the estate agent. On a €60,000 house your buying costs are roughly €1,000 to €2,000.

Sales usually run as open bidding through the agent. The asking price is a starting point, and popular houses can go above it. You sign a contract, pay a deposit of around 10%, and the rest on the day you get the keys.

What to check before you bid

Winter. Ask what heating the house has (wood, electric, a heat pump or geothermal) and what it cost to heat last winter. Several homes on our list mention geothermal or heat pumps, which bring the bills down a lot.

Water and drains. Country houses often have their own well and septic system. Ask when the septic tank was last emptied and whether the well water has been tested.

Access. A gravel road that is lovely in June can be hard work in January. Ask who clears the snow.

In Sweden the buyer is expected to inspect the house properly before buying, and hidden faults you could have found are usually your problem afterwards. Many sellers order an inspection report; read it, even with a translator, and consider your own.

Browse them

See cabins and cottages in Sweden, Swedish homes near a lake, or homes with a sauna.