The purchases of single-family houses and detached house plots continue to decline. In 2012 the demand for detached house plots in Finland decreased by 12 percent in comparison with the previous year. Although the number of completed property purchases was 6 percent lower than in 2011, the same amount of money, 8.1 billion euro, was spent on property both in 2011 and in 2012.

The winner of the competition Apps4Finland based on making use of open data will be announced on 4 December 2012 in Helsinki. The National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) is a key sponsor of the competition and responsible for awarding the geographic information special prize Maps4Finland.