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Housing Sales and Markets

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3 months ago

Wednesday’s papers: Kone’s €29bn buyout, Finland trails Estonia in rural house prices, and erotic bingo night violence

Kone’s acquisition of TK Elevator would be the largest in Finnish history — and also make it the world’s largest elevator company.
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3 months ago

Finland’s housing sales down in March

Apartment sale prices continued to decline in the capital region, but they leveled off in the rest of the country.
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5 months ago

Housing construction projects will be sluggish this year, industry group forecasts

Improvement in the situation hinges significantly on Finland’s economic growth, according to the property owner advocacy group Rakli.
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5 months ago

Finland allows 35-year mortgages, as government aims to boost growth

Prospective home buyers will soon be able to pay off their housing loans for a period of up to 35 years.
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5 months ago

Apartment prices fell by nearly 3% in January

A senior economist characterised the agency’s figures as even bleaker than expected.
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6 months ago

Finland’s housing market stirs

”Right now is probably the best time to buy a home in decades,” the Federation of Real Estate Agency’s CEO says.
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9 months ago

October housing sales tick up for second month in a row, federation says

The last time the housing market was more active was in September 2022, according to the Federation of Real Estate Agency.
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9 months ago

Potential home sellers hold out for higher prices, study finds

The likelihood of people selling their homes and moving drops sharply when anticipated capital gains could result in losses, the researchers found.
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