Finland — The Finnish housing market has performed weaker than expected in 2026. The real estate agency chain SB-Hem, part of the Sparbanken Group, now projects that prices for existing apartments will fall by 2.5–3 percent over the year and that the number of agency-brokered transactions involving existing homes will decrease by 10–12 percent. At the same time, the company notes some signs of increased interest in the housing market.<br /> "Positive economic news is not yet reflected in the housing market in the form of an increase in the number of transactions," says Henna Mikkonen, Chief Economist at the Sparbanken Group.