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Looking at the Czech industrial real estate market in Q2 2025, it is clear that the market has not yet fully recovered from the downturn of last year, according to a regular quarterly survey conducted by Colliers. Gross realised demand has fallen 34% below the five-year average. On the other side, growth in the vacancy rate is positive news for tenants. 

July surprised with strong volumes, as well as the number of new mortgages, according to data from the CBA (Czech Banking Association) Hypomonitor, which captures data from all Czech banks and building societies providing mortgage loans. In July 2025, they provided new mortgages for CZK 30 billion (€1.225 billion).

CPI Europe has announced an adjustment to its business strategy to better align with its existing group structure, recent business developments, and the market environment.   

Romania's real estate market has seen sustained demand for office, retail, and industrial spaces with over 150,000 sqm of the total real estate stock occupied during H1 2025, finds a new report by CBRE Romania.

Romania’s land market experienced a surge in activity during H1 2025 as investor interest returned and new buyers entered the market, according to a Colliers Romania analysis. 

Despite the escalation on the front lines and increased shelling of civilian infrastructure in peaceful cities since the beginning of summer, the Ukrainian construction market has seen an increase in the number of new projects launched and completed in the first half of the year. The Ukrainian Real Estate Club has summarised the situation for Property Forum.

96% of European logistics tenants are planning to expand their capacity in the next 12 months, to a greater or equal extent than in the past year, according to the latest CBRE survey.

Tropical nights are becoming a common occurrence across Europe, trapping heat in cities and turning urban centres into uncomfortable hotbeds. As Europe's heatwave season starts earlier than it did five decades ago, many cities are enduring night-time temperatures exceeding 20°C, according to an analysis by Drees & Sommer.

Digitalisation of the construction permitting process has proven to be a significant obstacle to the development of cities and municipalities, according to the recent CEEC Research survey. In practice, it is still not working as expected. On a scale from 0 (completely non-functional) to 10 (fully functional), city representatives have given the system an average score of 3.40.