The rents of non-subsidised rental dwellings went up by an average of 2.6 per cent in the whole country. But in Greater Helsinki area and in the rest of Finland they went up by 2.6 per cent.
The rents of government subsidised dwellings rose by 3.0 per cent in the whole country.
Compared to the previous quarter, the rents of non-subsidised dwellings increased by an average of 0.8 cent and that of the government subsidised dwellings by 1.1 per cent, the data show.
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.