According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, prices of old dwellings in housing companies fell 3.2% year-on-year in July–September 2026, while new dwellings rose 4.8%.
According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data, prices of old dwellings in housing companies in Finland fell by 3.2 per cent year-on-year in July to September 2026, and by 0.7 per cent from the previous quarter. Prices declined in all large towns compared with a year earlier. The steepest falls were in Turku (-5.8%) and Vantaa (-4.4%), while the smallest were in Oulu (-0.8%), Helsinki (-2.2%) and Tampere (-2.2%). In Greater Helsinki old-dwelling prices dropped by 2.9 per cent year-on-year, and outside it by 3.5 per cent. In large towns prices fell by 3.0 per cent, and outside them by 3.7 per cent. Among regional centres, Pori (+10.0%) and Rovaniemi (+1.5%) saw the biggest annual increases, whereas Lappeenranta (-8.2%) and Kouvola (-6.9%) recorded the largest declines. Dwellings in blocks of flats lost 3.9 per cent, and those in terraced houses 1.4 per cent; terrace prices fell most outside large towns, by 2.4 per cent. Small homes were hit hardest nationwide: one-room flats fell by 5.7 per cent, two-room flats by 4.9 per cent and family dwellings by 2.5 per cent. In Greater Helsinki the figures were -6.7%, -4.8% and -1.4% respectively; outside the capital region they were -4.5%, -5.1% and -4.1%. Sales of old dwellings through real estate agents were 10.4 per cent lower than a year earlier. The new-build segment moved the other way. Statistics Finland reports that prices of new dwellings in housing companies rose by 4.8 per cent nationwide, by 7.2 per cent in Greater Helsinki and by 3.0 per cent in the rest of the country, although 23.0 per cent fewer new-dwelling sales were made than a year earlier.