Romania's commercial real estate investment market recorded approximately €500 million in 2025, down 31% from the previous year, due to the absence of large transactions.

Kyiv’s office market posted moderate growth in 2025 despite continued uncertainty. Annual gross absorption rose by 26% y/y to around 160,000 sqm, with total leasing activity reaching 165,000 sqm. However, market experts note that demand remained uneven and was only partly driven by organic business expansion, the URE Club writes in an article for Property Forum.

Romanian investors became the most important source of capital on the local real estate market, generating approximately 30% of transaction volume in 2025 and accumulating nearly €1.8 billion in investments over the past decade, according to Colliers' annual report.

Wing has successfully closed its €100 million bond programme launched last year with substantial oversubscription. The final tranche, with a nominal value of €34.8 million, attracted purchase orders totalling €57.64 million at a fixed annual interest rate of 6%.

Investors in CEE are entering 2026 with higher activity than their Western European counterparts, according to a new survey conducted by CBRE.

Data has become mission-critical to real estate fund management, shaping investment decisions, operations, regulatory compliance and investor confidence. Yet many European real estate managers still rely on fragmented systems, inconsistent standards and legacy processes that prevent data from being used effectively. The result is growing operational friction and a narrowing path to alpha, writes Sylwia Toczyska, Enterprise Account Management at Vistra Fund Solutions, in an article for Property Forum.

CEE property investment reached a turning point in 2025, with transaction volumes across the region's six main markets totalling €11.6 billion, representing 31% annual growth according to Colliers' latest analysis.

The recent weakening of the CSRD may have some real estate developers cheering the compliance rollbacks, but the consequences could be complicated. A new research survey examines how EU real estate firms are navigating changes to the CSRD, and what that could mean for upcoming SFDR revisions.

Slovakia's property market delivered mixed results in Q4 2025, with residential sales reaching their highest levels since 2021 while industrial activity surged to record highs, according to Cushman & Wakefield's latest market reports.

Commercial real estate investment volume in Poland reached €4.5 billion in 2025, representing a 13% decrease year-on-year, but the past 12 months marked a period of structural change, finds a report by Cushman & Wakefield.