According to the Finnish Migration service, for the period from January to June 2016 foreigners had received 12 153 residence permit. Most of the documents were issued to citizens of Russia. In addition to the Russians, the right of residence in Finland were often received by the citizens of China, Ukraine, Vietnam and India.
The most common reason for the residence permit was family reunification (5 000 applications). A residence permit on the basis of an employment contract with a Finnish employer has received 3 500 foreigners, 572 granted request falls on relatives of refugees.
As for purchase of housing in Finland, the Russians lost the first place due to Estonians. During the survey period, the citizens of Estonia issued in Finland 256 deals with houses and apartments, and the Russians –181. Many of the Estonians made a purchase with attraction of mortgage loans available from local banks. The third, fourth and fifth place on the number of transactions with the Finnish real estate was taken by the citizen of Sweden, Germany and the UK.
Based on the materials of realty.newsru.com
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