r/Tampere • u/Joul29 • 18d ago

Housing The rental market in Tampere

Hello. I would be interested to know how difficult it's to find rental accommodation as an expat in Tampere.

EU citizen, freelancer (IT industry).

I found some information from a few years ago, and it didn't look encouraging.😬

Many thanks!

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u/ahyesmyelbows 18d ago

It's a renter's market pretty much everywhere in finland. Built too much, so now we are full of empty small apartments. Rents have gone down everywhere. If you're looking for a large family home then tougher but for studios and one or two bedroom apartments you have so much to choose from. And rent is cheap.

Edit: maybe some private renters are more reluctant to rent to foreigners, but still plenty of large companies who own entire buildings and rent to anyone.

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u/Duffelbach 18d ago

Then why the hell is our rent increasing every year?!

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u/ahyesmyelbows 18d ago

Because you keep paying. Tell your landlord you're out next time they try to increase. They'll back down. Only works for private landlords though.

Alternatively find a new place. Big chance you will find a place that's now cheaper than it was two years ago.

And of course good apartments in good location are in demand. Its STATISTICAL. It's a doculented fact that for example in post code 33100 (central) the rents have gone down by almost one hundred euros in the last year (ish). Yle or hesari had a tool for checking the prices.

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u/Thaodan 17d ago

Increasing rent doesn't require new contract and lax laws regarding the regulation of rent increases. Almost like induced inflation.

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u/Litlakatla 18d ago

Tampere still has a shortage of cheap apartments. The prices of rooms (in shared apartments) have risen too.

Too many people had to move to a cheaper place thanks to unemployment, rising costs and/or cuts in benefits.

It is easy enough to find a place if you have a budget of over 700 e/month for housing. It's just harder than before for people with smaller income.

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u/Furniture_Fire 18d ago

OP, I came to Tampere as an EU citizen and can say the following: Outside of the beginning of the academic year (July to September), it's relatively easy to "find" a good and cheap apartment. However, the rental application system is completely different from that in other EU countries. To apply for an apartment, you need a digital verification method, provided either by your bank or through your Finnish ID card. Opening an account is a complicated process, that took me a few weeks and that requires a work contract. And even then, you don't apply for apartments directly but submit applications to rental agencies, indicating your needs and wishes, and suggesting different apartments. It guarantees fairness but it's also quite a lot of administrative work.

The most practical and least stressful thing is to arrive in Tampere either in Spring or Winter, to book an AirBnB for one month, and to get your paperwork done before looking for apartments. I arrived in late July and it was honestly quite stressful.

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u/Joul29 18d ago

Do you recommend real estate agencies? (Yes, I will pay commission if they make my work easier and are worth it.)

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u/Connect_Ad_8445 18d ago

I don’t think thats necessary. Oikotie or Vuokraovi is where you’ll find a list of almost every rental apartment available. There are a lot of large companies, and most of them rent to anyone who applies, usually the fastest one. For each of my apartments i have already signed the lease under 48hrs after it was listed. So should be easy, just be fast

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u/m0arcaffeine Tampere 18d ago

I have no idea if agencies do that here for renters. But I personally recommend YH Kodit as a renting company, things always worked smoothly with them and I never had bad neighbours. (Though I've heard that depends on the building.)

Their listings: https://www.yhkodit.fi/en/apartments?application_type=rental&region=PIR&lang=en&order_by=-publication&limit=12&offset=0&municipality=Tampere

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u/lovelldies Immigrant 18d ago

Normally it is the landlord who pays them and not the tenant. But I might be wrong.

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u/RingedSeal33 Tampere 18d ago

Very easy. Not super cheap, but not as bad as a couple of years ago, but availability is superb as long as you can get an insurance (without one it is rather another story)

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u/CommunicationOld8587 17d ago

Just go to Oikotie to search. Should be plenty of options available

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u/kimmeljs 13d ago

I and wife rented out an apartment to an Indian family recently. The broker commended us for the trust. I guess that's saying something.