Study title

Limited Liability Housing Companies Act's Functionality and Impact 2013: Estate Agents

Dataset ID Number

FSD2940

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2940

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Ministry of Justice

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Finnish Real Estate Federation
• Finnish Real Estate Management Federation
• Central Federation of Finnish Real Estate Agencies

Abstract

The survey investigated how the new Limited Liability Housing Companies Act 2010 (Asunto-osakeyhtiölaki) functioned in Finland, what its impact had been and how it had been implemented. Separate surveys were conducted for shareholders of limited liability housing companies, members of governing boards, estate agents and property managers. This dataset contains the responses of estate agents.

The questions in the survey charted selling of property and property manager's certificate (isännöitsijäntodistus). The respondents were asked, for instance, whether receiving a property manager's certificate had become quicker or slower, whether the cost of the certificate had been increased, whether they had received a concise version of the property manager's certificate and a maintenance needs report when requested, whether they had received more information from property managers about housing companies and the properties after the 2010 Act, and whether the Act had affected property sale.

Background variables included the respondent's education and work experience in the field, as well as location or size of the municipality in which the estate agency operated.

Keywords

alternative dispute resolution; building maintenance; companies; conflict resolution; estate agents; home ownership; housing; maintenance; real property law

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Housing (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Legislation and legal systems (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Ministry of Justice

Time Period Covered

2013

Collection Dates

2013-11-01 – 2013-12-18

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Organization/Institution

Event/Process/Activity

Universe

Finnish estate agents

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The data were collected through an online survey which was available on the otakantaa.fi website - a forum for citizens provided by the Ministry of Justice. Link to the survey was also distributed by the organisations participating in conducting the survey, that is, the Finnish Real Estate Federation, the Finnish Real Estate Management Federation and the Central Federation of Finnish Real Estate Agencies. The organisations notified their clients about the survey by email, on websites and in publications for members. In total, 188 estate agents responded to the survey.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2937 Limited Liability Housing Companies Act's Functionality and Impact 2013: Shareholders

FSD2938 Limited Liability Housing Companies Act's Functionality and Impact 2013: Board Members

FSD2939 Limited Liability Housing Companies Act's Functionality and Impact 2013: Property Managers

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Ministry of Justice: Limited Liability Housing Companies Act's Functionality and Impact 2013: Estate Agents [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2014-05-28). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2940

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Materials

Tervonen, Markus (2014). Vuoden 2010 asunto-osakeyhtiölain toimivuus, vaikutukset ja muutostarve: Yhteenveto syksyn 2013 kyselyiden palautteesta. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja 20/2014. urn:isbn:978-952-259-371-9

Related Publications

Tervonen, Markus (2014). Vuoden 2010 asunto-osakeyhtiölain toimivuus, vaikutukset ja muutostarve: Yhteenveto syksyn 2013 kyselyiden palautteesta. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja 20/2014. urn:isbn:978-952-259-371-9