Europe is experiencing a surge of interest from both real estate investors and international students, making it the ideal destination for operators and developers in the student housing sector. The latest data from Bonard has highlighted the drivers behind Europe's rise as the destination of choice for students and investors.

We're extending the final deadline for submitting nominations to the SEE Property Forum Awards 2025 until 18 September (Thursday). This is your last chance to showcase your or your team’s outstanding projects and gain recognition among industry leaders. To nominate a project, transaction, person, or company, please fill out the nomination form. 

How to prepare for a possible large-scale power outage, similar to those which have recently affected parts of the Czech Republic and other European countries? Stopped production lines, server outages, threats to security systems or logistics processes - all this happened in a matter of minutes. Czech IT and logistics experts have advised on crisis scenario preparation.

Commercial real estate investment in Poland reached €1.71 billion in the first half of 2025, matching 2024 levels. Polish investors increased their market share, accounting for around 40% of office transactions in the first six months, highlighting growing activity among domestic players.

Albania's real estate market is making a growing contribution to the country's GDP, with performance across multiple sectors. The hospitality, office, and residential markets are driving this growth, while the retail and industrial sectors are experiencing steady expansion.

Interest in mortgages in Slovakia is growing rapidly; the record is about to fall, reports index.sme.sk. The continued decline in interest rates and the sharp rise in real estate prices have motivated more and more people interested in housing not to delay their purchase. This is reflected in the growing interest in mortgage loans.

Following a rebound in H1 2025, with transaction volume exceeding €500 million, investment activity in Slovakia is projected to maintain positive momentum for the remainder of 2025, potentially reaching €1 billion, according to the latest Cushman & Wakefield report.

The Romanian construction market has reached a new historic milestone with 460,000 employees as of the end of May 2025, also marking a 7% increase in the volume of works during the first five months of the year compared to the same period in 2024. 

GTC reported a 9% year-on-year increase in rental revenues to €101 million in the first half of 2025, supported by leasing activity across its office and retail portfolio and the contribution from its German residential assets.

The value of new construction projects started in Hungary during H2 2025 has reached its second-lowest point since 2020, finds the EBI Construction Activity Report, prepared by Eltinga, Buildecon, and iBuild.