Yes — in Linear you can use a housing company (taloyhtiö) database, and Linear already includes information for roughly 20,000 housing companies. That’s well over one fifth of all Finnish housing companies, and the number keeps growing.
Enabling this feature is brokerage-specific. A brokerage manager can enable the housing company database in the company settings. After that, all agents in that brokerage will be able to view all housing companies included in the database.
Note: When enabling the housing company database, remember to also click Save in the lower-right corner. The housing company database will then be available the next day (because the housing company database data and its settings are updated once per night).
The housing company database is shared by all Linear users (for those who have it enabled). This means you can benefit from data entered by others when you share your own. The database only contains housing company details that are public anyway (e.g. building and surface materials, number of residential units and total floor area, etc.). No sensitive information, such as customer data, is stored in the housing company database.
You can search for housing company information in the database by the housing company’s name, address, or Business ID:
If the housing company is found in the database, clicking it will open the Import data view:
- Housing cooperative database value shows the value that was most recently saved to the database for the field shown on the left.
- The information you filled for the item shows the value you already had filled in the Listing Details (this will be blank if you haven’t previously saved any value for that field).
- With the check mark (✔) you can choose whether the Housing cooperative database value will be copied into the Listing Details. For example, if you notice that the database value is outdated, you can uncheck it so it won’t be copied and potentially overwrite a value you have previously entered.
- In the Updated column you can see when the Housing cooperative database value was last updated.
- By clicking Copy to the Listing Details, you can transfer the “checked” database values into the Listing Details.
Please note that you can’t edit the housing company database values or the listing’s existing data during the import. However, after you’ve copied the data into the Listing Details, you can edit and update the information there / in the listing details if needed. Always be careful and verify the information fetched from the housing company database before publishing the listing!
It’s also important to know when/how the housing company database updates and when it can be used:
- The housing company database updates in real time
- The listing must be in status: Sold, For Sale, or Reserved for the housing company to be added to the database
- The housing company’s Business ID and address details must be filled in on the Listing Details
- Of listing types, only Apartments and Holiday Homes are currently supported
- The housing company database is not yet supported for rental listings
If you are part of a group structure, it’s recommended to activate the housing company database for all subsidiaries and offices. The database won’t open if it isn’t activated for the company the listing belongs to, even if it is activated for the agent’s company.