In English

The Finnish Landlord Association is the leading association for landlords and real-estate investors in Finland. We promote and support private landlords by offering a wide range of services. 

The Finnish Landlord Association is a member of the Finnish Real Estate Federation.

The Finnish Landlord Association in a nutshell

  • Founded in 1999
  • Operates in Finland – local representatives in over 20 cities
  • Sanna Hughes, executive director
  • Jouni Lehtinen, chairman of the board
  • Contact information for the whole personnell (in Finnish)
  • Over 20 000 members

Become a member

If you are a landlord in Finland, you should be a member of The Finnish Landlord Association.

Our membership offers you access to a wide range of services, discounts and privileges that are exclusive to our members.

  • Know your rights and responsibilities
  • Get support and help (templates for rental contracts, etc)
  • Meet fellow landlords
  • Gain a competitive edge
  • Benefit from a wide range of services
  • Help us strengthen our voice

Fill in the membership application and become a member!

Learn more about membership benefits

Legal advice

As a member, you can easily contact our lawyers with any questions regarding renting in Finland. Typical questions concern drafting the contract, raising the rent and ending the lease agreement.

One-to-one telephone advice and support:

Call: 09 1667 6345

The legal advice telephone service is open Mon-Fri 6.7. – 7.8. from 12.00 to 15.00

Opening hours:
Tuesday-Thursday 9-15
Monday, Friday 10-15

Online advice:

You can also send questions via our website. We will answer to your question within 5 working days. You can choose whether you want a written answer by email (we will answer in Finnish) or our lawyer to call you with the answer (also in English).

Consumer credit data check-up

Checking credit data is an essential part when choosing a new tenant. Our members can check the payment defaults and other credit data entries from the tenant candidate before making the tenancy agreement. You will need the social security number of the candidate to be able to check the consumer credit data.

Check online trough our webpage: 8,5 € /candidate (requires logging into vuokranantajat.fi and online bank service identification)

Discounts on rental ads

Vuokraovi.com – 50 % discount

Vuokraovi.com is described as the most user friendly national online service for renting apartments. The website has about 100 000 visits per week. As a member you get a 50 % discount from rental advertisements. Discount is activated by using our discount code. Vuokraovi.com offers Varmasti vuokralle -guarantee for private landlords: if you can not find a tenant within 8 weeks of continuous advertising, you will get your money back. Contact the customer service of Vuokraovi.com in cases of refund.

Oikotie.fi – 50 % discount

Oikotie.fi is the most popular service of housing and most known service in renting across Finland. Oikotie has over 500 000 visits per week and over 100 000 of them in the rental side.
As a member you get a 50 % discount from rental advertisements and an additional boost to your ad. Our membership logo will also be visible on your ad to signal that you are part of our national landlord network.
Advertisement is valid until you will find a tenant. The price also includes three consumer credit data checks. Discount and benefits are activated by using our discount code.

Debt collection

As a member you can collect debts trough Axactor.
Our members can use the service with these discounted prices:

Only successful debt collections are charged.

  • Fee for starting the process 0 €
  • Voluntary debt collection 0 %
  • Legal debt collection (includes drafting the application for the summons) 5 %

The commission fee is based on the successfully collected amount (+VAT).

Using the service requires Suomen Vuokranantajat discount code.

Benefits in Finnish

These benefits are available only in Finnish.

  • Vuokranantaja membership magazine
    • Vuokranantaja is the leading magazine in renting business in Finland. The magazine is published 4 times a year. Only in Finnish.
  • Lectures and seminars around Finland
  • Membership price 29,90 for Osta, vuokraa, vaurastu -book
  • Maintance manual for rented apartment 9,50 euros from Kiinteistöalan Kustannus 

You can find all membership benefits here.

Business card for landlord

With your own business card you can communicate to your tenant, bank or other investors that you are a part of the Finnish Landlord Association and a fair and trustworthy landlord. Our members can order free business cards through our web site.

Guide books

The Finnish Landlord Association provides the members with many practical guide books on renting out apartments. We also take actively part in negotiating about the practices in the field.

One of the most prominent guidebooks on this field is the Fair rental practices, that aims to problem-free and functional residential lease.

More guidebooks in Finnish