>>82460174
That's interesting, I never knew that. And I have lived in the States for a while, too. To me a condominium is an apartment complex with shared facilities (i.e. pool, gym, co-working etc) and a dedicated and permanently staffed juristic office for building management. That's how it's used in Asia, anyway. Ownership isn't something I've ever considered as a qualification, though it may very well be. I'll look into.
I'm from Sweden, though I don't really live there. You can absolutely own apartments here, like any other property. The main difference between apartments and condos to us is the idea of shared spaces and shared management. In apartments, you're sort of left to your own devices, though typically through a sort of property's council, where members/tenants make communal decisions, as opposed to a condo where there is dedicated staff employed by the property developers who manage upkeep, postal services and legal matters.
Our family technically owns two apartments and a house, which is good, but that's tied up and I'm unlikely to ever see any of that. The three of us "kids" (my older brother already has children of his own) all rent apartments.
I'm gonna do some more reading on that, cheers.
