Housing Housing prices continue to rise, but have slowed in many cities since the beginning of the year

Of the old The rise in share housing prices has calmed down in many cities in November compared with the beginning of the year, according to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data.

However, prices rose compared to November last year in all major cities.

Nationwide, prices rose by 3.6 per cent. Of the large cities, the prices of old share housing rose the most in Turku and Helsinki compared to the corresponding period last year. In the Greater Helsinki area, prices for apartment buildings rose by 6.5 per cent year-on-year in November.

Compared to October, prices remained almost unchanged throughout the country.

In November, the prices of old share housing rose the most in southern Finland, but fell in eastern and western Finland.

Until 2015 In comparison, prices have risen by almost 16 per cent in southern Finland. In northern Finland, prices have fallen by almost one per cent and in western Finland by more than two per cent. In Eastern Finland, the decline has been more than 19 percent.

Preliminary data on the total number and value of housing transactions have also been completed. The number of home sales rose by 2.6 per cent in the third quarter from the corresponding period last year.

The total number of housing transactions in large cities (Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu, Turku) increased by about one per cent in the third quarter.