The portal contains articles, step-by-step guides, tools and documents designed to make it easier and more secure for users to sell or buy homes.
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At the launch in February 2006 the documents on Boligejer.dk were first and foremost examples of documents or documents that were downloadable from other websites via links. In this way the user can, for example, view a property condition survey report or download prints of current documents from The Public Information Server on ois.dk, which contains information about your property as well as other properties. In the next few years some of the documents will become active so that home owners can download current documents concerning their own homes or they can fill in documents by logging onto Boligejer.dk. In the long term, the aim is to make the documents available to the advisers of home owners. This will give the advisers easier access to the information needed in a housing transaction.
In 2004 the Danish Competition Authority delivered a report showing that competition in the market for buying and selling homes is limited and dominated by few actors. Therefore, it is expensive for Danish consumers to sell or buy a home. Against that background, the Danish Government took a number of initiatives to increase competition in the market, make housing transactions cheaper and create greater transparency – for the benefit of consumers. The initiatives are described in the publication Better and Cheaper Housing Transactions. Boligejer.dk is one of these initiatives.