The volume of new mortgage loans amounted to €1.1 billion in Q1 2024, up by around 29% compared to the same period of last year, according to a report by SVN Romania | Credit & Financial Solutions.

YIT has signed agreements to establish three joint ventures with the Czech investment group RSJ Investments in Lithuania, Latvia, and Slovakia. YIT is selling plots or projects under construction to joint ventures under the same agreement.

Since the end of April, the residential project Pri studničke of the developer Studnička Development has had a valid building permit issued. The residence is planned near Bratislava's greatest forest park Železná studnička, in the location adjacent to the future research center Eset Kampus.

Fintech start-up MetaWealth has partnered with One United Properties in a €20-million framework agreement for rental apartments. In the first phase, MetaWealth will list on its platform 31 apartments developed in One Lake District, which have a total estimated investment value of €5.5 million. The fintech said that two more assets will be listed in the following 12 months.

The Millhaus residential project, with which developer Immocap and the investment group WOOD & Company have entered the residential market in Bratislava recently, has reached another important milestone.

JTRE has opened its residential project Downtown Yards in Bratislava for pre-sale and 20% of the stock is gone. This may indicate the asset class's return to a healthier status after a two-year slowdown.

Over 15,000 homes in Romania have received the green building certification between 2014 and 2024, and their combined value stands close to €3 billion, according to the Romania Green Building Council (RoGBC).

Prima Development Group has purchased a land plot spanning 6 hectares in northern Bucharest, where it plans to develop a large-scale residential project. The developer already owns another land plot of 5 hectares in the same area.

JTRE is strengthening its position as an international developer. It has established a German branch and has announced its first project in the central Berlin location.

Hercesa Romania has 1,000 apartments under construction and in preparation in two residential projects based in Bucharest.