New real estate rule puts Finnish homebuyers at risk

New real estate rule puts Finnish homebuyers at risk

A quiet but significant change has been made to real estate transaction rules in Finland, allowing property sellers to accept multiple conditional offers at the same time. The reform, which removes a previous restriction limiting sellers to one conditional offer at a time, is expected to speed up the housing market but also introduces new risks for buyers. The change was made to the guidelines for good real estate brokerage practices, followed b…