Accepterat pris

What it means

Accepterat pris (accepted price) means the price in the listing sits at a level the seller has already said they are willing to accept as a final price. The seller and the broker (maklare) set the level together, and it is meant to stay within the broker’s valuation of the home. The idea behind the model was to counter lockpris (bait pricing), where a home is advertised below what it is actually worth in order to draw in more bidders.

It is not binding

Even with an accepted price, the seller is not obliged to sell at that price. By law the seller always keeps fri provningsratt (the free right to decide), meaning they choose whether, to whom and at what price the home is sold. So a final price that lands above the asking price (utgangspris) does not on its own mean anything is wrong, since several things shape what a home is genuinely worth in that particular sale.

How to think about it as a buyer

Treat accepted price as a starting point, not a ceiling. For you it matters less what the label says and more what the home is actually worth and what you can afford to pay. As a rule of thumb, a gap of just over ten percent between the asking price and the valuation is not treated as bait pricing, and lockpris is always judged case by case. Set your own limit based on your finances and your own read of the market value, so the listing price does not steer your bidding.