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Strong investment from foreign residential investors helped drive Nordic housing transaction volumes to € 21bn ( $ 24bn ) during H1 2018 , the second - highest on record , despite being down 10 % on last year 's volume . Data from Nordic Property Partners revealed foreign buyers made up 41 % of the H1 volumes , with Sweden and Norway seeing shares of 66 % and 57 % respectively . The report also found residential property made up 32 % of transactions . Analysts are anticipating a record - breaking second half to the year , when volumes traditionally increase .