According to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data, prices of old dwellings in blocks of flats and terraced houses were almost unchanged in the whole country in August compared with the previous month. In Greater Helsinki, prices went up by 0.2 per cent, but in the rest of Finland they went down by 0.4 per cent. Compared with August year before, prices increased by 0.8 per cent in the whole country. In Greater Helsinki prices went up by 2.5 per cent, whereas in the rest of Finland they fell by 0.4 per cent.
Development of prices of old dwellings in housing companies by month, index 2010=100

In August 2013, the average price per square metre of an old dwelling in a housing company was EUR 2,152 in the whole country, EUR 3,445 in Greater Helsinki and EUR 1,645 elsewhere in the country.
When the monthly statistics on prices of dwellings in housing companies are published, they cover approximately 40 per cent of all transactions made in the latest statistical month. The monthly data become revised during the following months so that the final data for the year are published in the release concerning the first quarter of the following year. Further information about data revisions can be found in separate tables.
Source: Prices of dwellings in housing companies, Statistics Finland
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Updated 27.9.2013