Rents rose by 3.4 per cent in the year

During the third quarter of 2009, the year-on-year increase in rents was 3.4 per cent. The rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by an average of 2.4 per cent in the whole country. In the Greater Hel-sinki Area the rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by 4.3 per cent and in the rest of Finland by 1.5 per cent. The rents of government subsidised dwellings rose by 4.9 per cent in the whole country.

Compared to the previous quarter, the rents of non-subsidised dwellings fell by an average of 1.1 per cent. Instead, the rents of government subsidised dwellings rose by 0.3 per cent.

The data derive from 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.

The development of rents and consumer prices

Source: House Rents, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Martti Korhonen +358-9-17343451, Paula Paavilainen +358-9-17343397

Director in charge: Kari Molnar

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Rents of dwellings [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-1018. 3rd quarter 2009. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.11.2024].
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