European commercial real estate investment volumes are forecast to grow by 13% in 2025, but Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is expected to outperform this average, with a projected 32% year-on-year increase, reports Savills. 

The Czech retail has been performing well, shows Shopping Centre Index from CBRE monitoring the the last year. The positive trend has been significantly contributed by the growth of real wages  supporting higher customer confidence together with the low level of inflation.

Miscommunication is a significant impediment to deal timelines in the real estate and M&A sectors, finds a recent study by Drooms and Statista.

Only one office project was completed in the Prague office market during Q1 2025, adding 8,700 sqm to the total stock of 3.96 million sqm, reveals Prague Research Forum in its Office Market Figures for Q1 2025.

In  Q1 2025, the transaction volume in the Czech hotel sector has nearly tripled the total volume of the entire 2024, worth €120 million, reports Savills. 

Romania stands out in the CEE as an increasingly attractive destination for investors in the industrial and office real estate sectors, a Colliers analysis reveals.

The modern, developer-led warehouse stock in the Czech Republic reached 12.44 million sqm in the first quarter of 2025.  Approximately 134,900 sqm was delivered to the market within 6 industrial parks across the country, announced Industrial Research Forum in its Industrial Market Figures for Q1 2025.

After a record-breaking end to 2024, the residential new-build market in Bratislava has cooled slightly in Q1 2025. According to data from BuiltMind in cooperation with Cushman & Wakefield, 527 units have been sold in the first quarter of 2025. 

Romania’s commercial real estate sector recorded total investment volumes of €169 million during Q1 2025, more than double the volume of the previous quarter and nearly on par with the same period last year, according to a report by CBRE.

The total volume of modern office space in Prague has increased to almost 4 million sqm at the end of 2024 with 72,800 sqm completed in the entire year of 2024. However, the situation is going to be even worse in 2025 and 2026, according to the Trend Report 2025 study published by the Association for Real Estate Development.