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The pros and cons of moving from Iceland to Norway

Around 4,500 Icelanders have moved to Norway since the beginning of 2008 and Statistics Iceland figures suggest that 530 Icelanders moved to Norway last year alone.

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Drop in Iceland mortgage rates

Iceland’s Housing Finance Fund (Íbúðalánasjóður) today lowered its interest rates. The general mortgage rate has now fallen to 4.7 percent from 4.9 percent. Interest on mortgages without prepayment clause is now 5.2 percent instead of 5.4. Although the banks have offered mortgages for several years, the government-owned Housing Finance Fund remains the country’s biggest mortgage [...]

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Copenhagen is most affordable Scandinavian capital

A study conducted by PriceRunner.dk has shown Copenhagen to be the least expensive of the Scandinavian capitals, reports copcap.com. PriceRunner, an internet service for product and price comparisons, has held an annual analysis of prices in 29 capitals worldwide for the past six years. In this year’s study, the prices of 26 consumption products were [...]

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