House rents see 2.6% rise in Q1

The level of rents of dwelling houses in the country increased by 2.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2017 compared to that in the corresponding quarter of last year, according to Statistics Finland.

The rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by an average of 2.4 per cent in the whole country. In the Greater Helsinki Area the rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by 2.5 per cent and in the rest of Finland by 2.3 per cent.

The rents of government subsidised dwellings rose by 2.8 per cent in the whole country. Compared to the previous quarter, the rents of non-subsidised dwellings increased by 0.8 per cent an average, while that of the government-subsidised dwellings by 1.1 per cent.

The data is derived from the quarterly statistics on rents compiled by Statistics Finland. The rent statistics are based on interview data collected in connection with the Labour Force Survey and on the Population Register Centre’s Building and Dwelling Register.