Apartments | The housing market, which rose from distress, is now becoming more lively – The housing display found confident apartment seekers and sellers

At bay housing trade is on the way to becoming more lively, but we are still far from the level of the peak year 2021. This is how the apartment salesperson at Huoneistokeskus assesses Patrick Näsman.

According to Näsman, now is a good time to buy an apartment.

“There is a lot of supply, prices are not rising yet and the increase in loan interest rates has stopped. Now there is plenty to choose from,” Näsman sums up.

According to Näsman, the upswing in housing sales started last year. November and December were the busiest months of the year for housing transactions.

First-time home buyers were driven to the stores in the end of the year by the transfer tax exemption, which was removed at the beginning of this year. According to Näsman, there were also many new customers among the buyers.

At the end of the year the familiar trend has continued even after the turn of the year. Now the average time to sell an apartment is 3–4 months.

“We are already close to the normal sales time, which is 2–3 months,” says Näsman.

The real “explosion of the need” is still expected in the housing market, which means that buying an apartment is still carefully considered.

According to Näsman, the housing market always picks up in the spring.

“People then look to the future and think about buying an apartment.”

On Sunday all four housing displays of the housing seller had enough visitors.

The last shows of the day were in Espoo's Tapiola on Revontulentie. During half an hour, several potential buyers visited the 105-square-meter triangle with a sauna.

Last year the situation was different.

“I had screens in Espoo where I could be completely alone,” says Näsman.

According to Näsman, then the price of the apartment might end up being lowered, or in the seller's terms, “revised downwards”.

Properties in Espoo also remained unsold.

“It was usually about smaller apartments. Family apartments have been in demand for some time. There is no end in sight to their demand,” says Näsman.

Susanna Saari had come to the apartment screen in Revontulentie with his parents. We are looking for an apartment for Saari's family that has grown to two children.

“This is perhaps the fifteenth housing exhibition I've been to,” says Saari.

She and her husband have been looking for an apartment in Espoo “more or less actively” for a couple of years. Markets and writing in the media have been followed closely during that time.

“I am now more confident in the market and that I can sell my own apartment,” says Saari.

“We want to play it safe.”

Tapiola is a popular residential area where apartments have not gone unsold in recent years. According to the apartment seller, the sales times are currently at an almost normal level. Picture: Kimmo Penttinen

Last fall, Saaret had already made a conditional purchase offer for the new apartment, but someone else made a higher offer for the apartment without conditions. The islands couldn't get their own apartment sold fast enough.

According to Näsman, housing sales often involve a long chain of apartments for sale, and the sales must take place within a certain period of time. The situation is different if it is a first-time home buyer.

in Espoo With a manka resident Harri Lehto had come with his wife to see the Aurora Borealis triangle. The couple's intention is to change from a detached house to a city apartment. The triangle defined as a family home seemed suitable for the couple, because there are considerably more square meters in the detached house.

The apartment display was the first for the couple this time. In the destination, they were interested in a good location and a suitable price level.

The couple's living conditions have not been affected by the economic situation or the turmoil in the housing market. Lehto has “very good confidence” in the economy.

“Now is a good time to change apartments.”