The residential market with new apartments in Bratislava has experienced another significant recovery during the third quarter of 2025. According to a report by BuiltMind and Cushman & Wakefield, the number of available units increased by almost 17% compared to the previous quarter, which is the highest value since 2018.
Despite the traditional summer slowdown in demand, a total of 715 units were sold on the market, an approximately 48% year-on-year increase compared to the third quarter of 2024 and at the same time, the third highest result since 2021.
More than 800 new units were added to the market during Q3, which, together with almost 1,200 new units in Q2, fundamentally increased the supply, which grew more significantly despite strong demand. Several new project stages in established locations such as Bory, Slnečnice, or Čerešne have been added to the market, as well as some completely new projects such as Podunajky or Danubius. This trend was also confirmed in the first days of the fourth quarter, where almost 200 more units in new projects were added within a few days.
Interestingly, the instalment plan model for "cash" clients, known from the Czech market, has already appeared in Bratislava, specifically in the Danubius project from the developer Finep, which requires payment of up to 90% of the price upon signing the contract, if the interested party wants the price advertised on the project website.
The average asking price in Bratislava did not change in the third quarter of 2025 and remained at approximately €5,500 per sqm. Despite this, the price of smaller 1+kk apartments continued to grow, having already exceeded €6,000 per sqm. Two-bedroom apartments are holding just above €5,300 per sqm, while larger apartments have remained stable.
In the first three quarters of this year, more than 2,000 new apartments were sold in Bratislava, approximately the same number as was sold in the whole of 2024. This development clearly reflects the strong and ongoing demand for new buildings in the capital.
The developer Cresco Real Estate achieved the highest number of units sold, with 111 apartments, followed by YIT Slovakia with 72 sales and Penta Real Estate with 56 sales.
In terms of individual projects, Slnečnice once again dominated, reaching 103 sales across all stages, of which 46 were in the new phase Slnečnice Nad Mestom - Veže.
The ECB survey expects further interest rate cuts, which should continue to 1.75% at the turn of 2025-2026.
“We expect the Bratislava market to stabilise at good numbers in the next two years, ranging from approximately 700 to 900 sales per quarter, with year-on-year price growth of around 5 to 6%,” concludes Martin Decký, CEO at BuiltMind.
