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Profitability in public housing companies: a longitudinal and regional analysis using Swedish panel data
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies, Business administration.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0084-007x
Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH—The Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH—The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Real Estate, E-ISSN 2813-8090, Vol. 1, no 2, p. 158-173Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Public Housing Companies (PHCs) play an important role in the Swedish housing market, with approximately 300 companies managing circa 802,000 dwellings. The public housing sector thereby represents almost 20 percent of the total housing stock in Sweden and half of the apartments that are available for rental. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the most important factors behind the profitability in Swedish PHCs between 2010 and 2019. The effects of internal growth, age, and capital structure in the PHCs are analyzed together with the effect of the growth of the local market, as well as local rent levels. Financial information for circa 300 PHCs in Sweden was gathered from annual reports published between 2010 to 2019. The financial information was analyzed using panel data analysis methods with several explanatory variables to explain the financial performance of the PHCs. The results from the analysis indicate a highly significant and positive relationship between the annual change in population, age, and profitability in the PHC. A highly significant and negative relationship was found between the PHC internal growth, capital structure, and profitability. The results showed no significant relationship between changes in income, rent levels, and profitability in Swedish PHC. 

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MDPI, 2024. Vol. 1, no 2, p. 158-173
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public housing companies, performance, profitability, Sweden, capital structure
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-48540DOI: 10.3390/realestate1020008OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-48540DiVA, id: diva2:1999395
Available from: 2025-09-19 Created: 2025-09-19 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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