stockholm march 8 reuters  the price of apartments in sweden rose by 1 in the three month period between december and february compared to the previous three months while singlefamily homes remained unchanged 13 figures from an association of real estate agents showed on wednesday the price of apartments were down by 11 compared with the same period a year earlier while singlefamily homes declined by 13 swedish house prices started to fall last year after the central bank abruptly began hiking rates after almost eight years of zero or negative interest rates