The Real Estate Association believes people will move back to the capital when the corona epidemic is over.
Carl O. Geving, CEO of the Norwegian Real Estate Association, believes people will move to Oslo again when life returns to normal. Here from Operastranda in Oslo on July 11 this year.
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Unusually many moved from Oslo last year, according to Statistics Norway’s report on relocation in 2020.
The figures show that almost 44,000 people moved from Oslo last year. At the same time, more than 42,000 moved into the capital. Domestically, the relocation deficit was 2,800, but at the same time Oslo had a net immigration of 950 people. This gave Oslo a relocation deficit of about 1,800 people.
The last time Oslo had lower net immigration than the domestic migration deficit was in 2000, the Statistics Norway report states.
Carl O. Geving, CEO of the Norwegian Real Estate Association, tells Nationen on Monday that they have experience of people moving from Oslo when prices rise a lot and quickly. They last experienced this in 2016 until the beginning of 2017. From May last year until February this year, they have seen the same effect.
– We believe these are trends that are characterized by both inflation and the corona, he says.
Last year, the population in Oslo increased by only 3,500 inhabitants. This is the lowest annual population growth since 2000. At the turn of the year, there were 697,010 inhabitants in the capital.
Geving still believes that people will move back to Oslo when life returns to normal.
– Now you see that people live quite normally again as shops, restaurants and hotels open up. Then I think many will return to the city because it is an attraction to the city centers how much happens, he explains.
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