At the end of 2024, the Slovak residential real estate market has seen prices increase by 3% between quarters. Year-on-year growth rose to 6.7% over the same period. All types of apartments, as well as family houses, have become more expensive, comments Roman Vrbovský, the analyst at the National Bank of Slovakia in its latest market analysis.

Industrial developer 7R has raised €35 million from the sale of green bonds, as part of a wider program through which it aims to obtain €100 million. 

NRF, a supplier of automotive replacement parts and industrial cooling solutions, has leased 20,100 sqm in MLP Bucharest West logistics center, in a deal brokered by Newmark Polska. 

Commercial real estate investments in Romania reached €750 million in 2024, marking a 58% increase compared to the previous year, though slightly below the €800 million annual average recorded over the past decade, according to a Colliers report. 

Romanian developer Iulius has comissioned UK-based Foster + Partners architecture studio to work on two projects in Romania.

M Core Group has purchased seven strip malls in Romania from property investor MAS for an undisclosed sum. The projects with a combined leasable area of around 32,000 sqm have a full occupancy rate. The strip malls are based in Slobozia, Focșani, Râmnicu Sărat, Târgu Secuiesc, Sebeș, Făgăraș and Gheorgheni.

Romanian developer Forty Management has purchased a land plot spanning 12 ha in Bormujos, a suburb of Seville, for a new urban regeneration project under the Lagoon City brand.

Penta Real Estate and Komerční Banka have agreed on financing the construction of the residential project Mocca Residence. The credit is corresponding to the costs to be invested in the project by Penta. 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its real estate sector strategy for the 2025-2029 period that focuses on green and inclusive growth leveraging megatrends like digitalisation and innovation. 

Immofinanz will be rebranded as CPI Europe following a proposal forwarded by the group’s majority shareholder CPI Property Group that was passed in a meeting of shareholders.