Department of Built Environment

Real Estate Economics

Real estate economics analyses the dynamics of real estate markets from the perspectives of e.g. business, planning, technology, value formation and law. The Real Estate Research Group at Aalto University is the only university-level research unit in Finland focusing on the broad area of real estate.
Real Estate Economics

The real estate sector plays a major role in most developed economies, as it is connected to all actors and actions in the society, from individual households to companies and the public sector. For example, in Finland, the sector comprises 70 per cent of our national wealth, 60 per cent of all investments, and 20 per cent of all jobs. 50 per cent of all climate change mitigation possibilities are estimated to be within the real estate sector. For all these reasons, digitalisation, climate change, urbanisation and other global trends are closely integrated into our research.

Our research themes are:

You can study real estate economics in the Bachelor’s programme in Built Environment, in the Master’s Programme in Real Estate Economics as well as in the Master’s Programme in Urban Studies and Planning (real estate specialisation).

Latest publications

Kasautumisen vaikutus tuottavuuteen: Työpaikkojen välisen saavutettavuuden vaikutus toimipaikkoihin ja työntekijöihin

Taina Haapamäki, Oskari Harjunen, Antti Kauhanen, Veeti Kuivalainen, Krista Riukula, Nelli Valmari, Touko Väänänen 2024

Reimagining alternative future development trajectories of shrinking Finnish cities

Annamari Kiviaho, Saija Toivonen 2024 INTERNATIONAL PLANNING STUDIES

Transit-induced socioeconomic ascent and new metro stations in Helsinki Metropolitan Area : Distinct effects on renters, homeowners, and pre-existing housing dwellers

Marjut Meriläinen, Aleksi Karhula, Antti Kurvinen, Heidi Falkenbach, Sanna Ala-Mantila 2024 Journal of Transport Geography

Landscape and domains of possible future threats from a societal point of view

Lassi Tähtinen, Saija Toivonen, Anahita Rashidfarokhi 2024 Journal of Contingensies and Crisis Management

The spatial distribution of carbon footprints and engagement in pro-climate behaviors – Trends across urban-rural gradients in the nordics

Henna Anttonen, Antti Kinnunen, Jukka Heinonen, Juudit Ottelin, Seppo Junnila 2023 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption

Creating a strategy framework for investor real estate management

Pauli Autio, Lauri Pulkka, Seppo Junnila 2023 Journal of European Real Estate Research
More information on our research in the Aalto research portal.
Research portal

Research group members

Nele Korhonen

Väitöskirjatutkija

Pauliina Krigsholm

Postdoctoral Researcher
T213 Built Environment

Anniina Saari

Väitöskirjatutkija

Ilkka Tomperi

Professor of Practice

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Mechanical engineering 1, K1

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