> The concept of title insurance doesn't exist in Germany
(Title insurance is where you must buy insurance when buying a house to guard against the risk that the house may have unknown liabilities or owners)
It doesn't exist in Sweden either, because the ownership of houses is in a central register. You can't make a claim against a house if it is not registered.
Funnily enough, there's no such register for condos in Sweden. So you can end up with a nasty surprise if it turns out you bought a condo that there were unknown bank loans against. But it doesn't happen often enough that there is title insurance against it.
Insurance companies have a similar product though, 'dolda-fel-försäkring'.
I'm not sure what a condo is, but if it's a 'bostadsrätt' then you check with the 'bostadsrättsförening', they're responsible for keeping a register of 'pantsättningar'.
(Title insurance is where you must buy insurance when buying a house to guard against the risk that the house may have unknown liabilities or owners)
It doesn't exist in Sweden either, because the ownership of houses is in a central register. You can't make a claim against a house if it is not registered.
Funnily enough, there's no such register for condos in Sweden. So you can end up with a nasty surprise if it turns out you bought a condo that there were unknown bank loans against. But it doesn't happen often enough that there is title insurance against it.