Serbia’s real estate market experienced record demand for office, logistics and residential space this year and this growth trend will continue in 2023. Banks will be somewhat stricter in terms of granting loans and financing conditions will tighten but the overall outlook is still positive, according to the speakers of the investment and financing panel of Balkans Property Forum 2022, organised last week in Belgrade.

Rent indexation shall provide for further FFO increase, while low interest cost and improved maturity profile offer downside protection, says GTC. 

Residential units in Poland – is it better to build them to rent or to sell in the current economic environment? The participants of Living Investment Forum 2022, held by Property Forum last week in Warsaw, were unanimous – for now, rental is the only choice.

High inflation is one of the factors that will have a huge impact on budgeting related to leasing office space by tenants in the near future, says Avison Young Poland.

Due to strong Q1 activity, partially spilling over from last year, investment volumes for the first three quarters of 2022 totalled €7.5 billion. Year-end 2022 volumes could reach between €9.0 and 10.0 billion, reveals a report by Colliers.

Flexible workspace operators and investments in amenities are boosting the efforts of companies and developers to accelerate the return of employees to office buildings, although hybrid work arrangements remain in high demand, concluded speakers in the post-pandemic office panel of SEE Property Forum 2022, held in Bucharest.

Romanian developer One United Properties has recorded a turnover of €‎184.2 million in the first nine months of this year, up 43% compared to the same period of last year, while the gross profit doubled to €‎97.2 million due to higher residential sales. 

Immofinanz leads the development of retail parks across Croatia, with plans for surpassing Supernova and becoming the market leader in Croatia, while local developers remain active as well, focusing on undersupplied locations and the outskirts of large cities.

Industrial and logistics developer CTP recorded strong like-for-like rental growth of 4.3% in the first nine months of 2022, while net rental income rose 36.8% to €328.2 million by the end of September compared to the same period of last year. 

The economical environment for PRS investments in Poland has never been so favourable. However, foreign investors cannot spread their wings because of the general uncertainty, planning difficulties and high debt costs – these are just some of the topics that were covered in a panel discussion with international investors during Living Investment Forum 2022, organised by Property Forum yesterday in Warsaw.