In Slovakia, €418 million was invested in real estate in the first half of 2025, comprising a total of 11 separate transactions. This represents a significant 170% increase compared to last year, according to CBRE's report.

CarmOlimp Group has acquired the Victory Hotel in Vama Veche resort, a year after opening a brewery on the hotel's ground floor.

MPC Properties has sold CBRE Immo Outlet Center in Belgrade to PFT Celanova for an undisclosed sum.

cargo-partner has extended and expanded its lease at MLP Pruszków II, increasing its warehouse space to 14,400 sqm. The logistics provider, a tenant of MLP Group since 2006, added 1,600 sqm to its current lease of 12,800 sqm. The transaction was facilitated by Renthis.

Nicolae Ciobanu, Managing Partner – Head of Advisory at Fortim Trusted Advisors, talked to Property Forum about the firm’s growth in office leasing and land transactions, as well as the outlook on rents and the role of the defense sector in boosting industrial demand going forward.

Romanian public investment fund Lion Capital is the main buyer of a new bond issuance of PK Development Holding, a company controlled by Prime Kapital, which is guaranteed by a mortgage in the recently opened Mall Moldova.  

Investor interest is diversifying, with hotels and office properties being the most sought-after segments in H1 2025, and a growing trend of repurposing older office buildings into hotels or residential use, according to experts of Colliers Hungary.

In Prague, more people are seeking professionally managed apartments offering flexibility and a certain standard of service. According to the Savills Rental Housing in Prague report, the popularity of rental housing is growing, with the institutional sector attracting both investors and tenants.

M Core is expanding its Romanian portfolio with a new retail development located in Bucharest.

A coalition of over 10,000 hotels across Europe has initiated a class‑action lawsuit in the Netherlands against Booking.com, alleging that the platform’s now‑banned “best price” or rate parity clauses violated EU competition law between 2004 and 2024. These clauses prohibited hotels from offering lower prices through other channels or on their own websites, which the European Court of Justice ruled unlawful in September 2024