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Helsinki entrepreneur Mika Sulin has a prime view of his hometown’s shipping lanes from the living room of his seaside villa, so he figured something was afoot as he watched sea traffic begin to increase markedly over the past year.

Mindful of Finland’s rebounding economy and buoyant residential market, he is taking the opportunity to sell his home. Mr. Sulin, 58, and his wife bought their roughly 1-acre property in 2005 for about $880,000, then spent an additional $646,000 on a grand upgrade. They converted a three-bedroom,…