Romania’s City Garden says it will deliver the first phase of its luxury villas complex this year and will complete the whole project in 2022. The company is investing around €16 million in 66 villas located in northern Bucharest.

In early May, developer Mint Investments began preparatory works on the Metropolis residential project in the centre of Bratislava. Local lender Tatra banka has been selected by the company to provide a loan of €42 million for the construction of the project. The planned completion date of the project is Q4 2023.

Romania's Impact Contractor & Developer says it recorded sales of RON 39.3 million (€7.9 million) in the first quarter of 2021, up 71% year-on-year, due to higher demand in the residential market. 

Impact Developer & Contractor will start the development of its first residential projects in Iași, eastern Romania, in the second half of this year. 

Real estate developer Speedwell has concluded a partnership with Rovere Mobili that covers the residential projects The Ivy and Record Park in Bucharest.  

Real estate company Prima Development Group is investing €20 million in a residential project located in Timpuri Noi area, Bucharest’s emerging business hub. 

Real estate group Duna House estimates the number of residential property deals completed in Hungary to have reached 13,511 in April 2021. Although this is a slight decrease compared to the pre-pandemic peak in the same month of 2019, overall it is still the third strongest April in the last ten years.

BPI Real Estate Poland and Revive have selected the design prepared by the SUD Architekt Polska studio for their joint investment, which will be conducted under their joint-venture on ul. Jana Matejki in the Poznań district of Łazarz. The Belgian developers intend to build a truly urban modern complex on a gigantic area of 5.5 ha. This investment project calls for combining residential and commercial functions and revitalizing historical buildings consisting of the former military barracks. This concept also calls for planting a large amount of greenery, including trees and creating numerous generally accessible areas for all of the residents of Poznań to be able to use. BPI and Revive’s investment will be carried out in three stages and its completion is slated for the end of 2029.

Residential developers operating in Poland's largest markets broke the quarterly sales record set in 2017. Sales of new apartments reached 19,500 and were up 40% q-o-q. Continued demand oversupply is pushing prices up further. 

The Hungarian residential rental property market continues to be a mixed bag based on current asking prices, according to the latest monthly survey of real estate portal ingatlan.com, which presents the latest joint rent index of ingatlan.com and the Central Statistical Office (KSH) for March and summarises the supply and average rent as of the end of April based on 40,000 ads.