Seven lines in a rental listing that give away a scam
Scam listings rarely look like scams. They look like bargains. Here are the details worth an extra second before you send anyone money.
Safety1 min read
The blog
Everything we write
Guides for people searching, numbers we worked out ourselves, and the odd thing we got wrong and fixed.
The rent report: how much a two-room flat varies across 43 kommuner
We recalculated the median rent for a two-room flat in every kommun where we have enough data. The gaps within a län are wider than the gaps between them.
Reports1 min read
Firsthand, sublet, queue time — what the words actually mean
Swedish housing has its own vocabulary, and what it means for you as a seeker isn't always obvious. A short glossary, without the jargon.
Guides1 min read
Why the weekly email goes out at 09:15 and not 09:00
One home landed a week late for someone in Sundsvall. The cause was two seconds, and the only way to find it was to look at what actually happened.
Behind bojakt1 min read
Five towns where queue time isn't what decides
Queue time is the usual explanation for why rentals are hard to get. It doesn't hold everywhere — in several kommuner other things decide.
Guides1 min read
What we learned from sending twelve thousand emails
Most of what goes wrong with an email send goes wrong quietly. Here are the three mistakes that cost the most, and what they have in common.
Behind bojakt1 min read
How to read a rent measurement without being fooled by the mean
The mean rent for a town is usually a number you can't do anything with. The median is better, and the spread beats both.
Reports1 min read
The checklist to run before you sign a sublet contract
Most subletting problems are visible in advance. Nine questions that are awkward to ask and cheap compared with the alternative.
Safety1 min read