Prices of old house in Finland drop by 3.2% in Q3

The prices of old dwellings in housing companies decreased in the whole country by 3.2 per cent year-on-year and by 0.7 per cent from the previous quarter in July to September 2026, according to Statistics Finland.

Prices declined in all large towns relative to a year ago. Prices declined most in Turku (5.8%) and in Vantaa (4.4%).

Prices fell the least in Oulu (0.8%), Helsinki (2.2%) and Tampere (2.2%).

Of the regional centres, prices of old dwellings in housing companies went up most year-on-year in Pori (10.0%) and Rovaniemi (1.5%). Prices declined most in Lappeenranta (8.2%) and Kouvola (6.9%).

In the third quarter of 2026, prices of old dwellings in housing companies decreased most for small dwellings in the whole country. Prices of one-room flats decreased by 5.7 per cent, those of two-room flats by 4.9 per cent, and those of family dwellings by 2.5 per cent.

Prices of one-room flats in Greater Helsinki decreased by 6.7 per cent, those of two-room flats by 4.8 per cent and prices of family dwellings by 1.4 per cent.

Outside Greater Helsinki prices of one-room flats decreased by 4.5 per cent, those of two-room flats by 5.1 per cent and prices of family dwellings by 4.1 per cent.

Prices of old dwellings in terraced houses decreased in the whole country by 1.4 per cent from a year ago. The prices fell most outside large towns, by 2.4 per cent.

In the third quarter, prices of new dwellings in housing companies increased by 4.8 per cent in the whole country compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. In all, 23.0 per cent fewer sales were made than one year earlier.

Prices of new dwellings increased by 7.2 per cent from one year ago in Greater Helsinki. In the rest of the country prices increased by 3.0 per cent.