Poland is one of the six largest higher education centres in Europe, ranking fifth in student population within the European Union and attracting an increasing number of international students. How many beds are available in the country’s student houses? How likely is private purpose-built student accommodation to meet the growing demand from the rising student population? These questions are explored in the latest report from BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland.

KÉSZ Group has announced that its Corallis residential complex in Bucharest has already sold homes amounting to around €11.5 million, which accounts for 27% of the whole residential stock in the project. 

Geosan Development has received building permission for its new housing project Benkova Residence in Chodov, Prague. The boutique project includes two villas.

Kajima Europe has acquired Student Depot's third development site in Warsaw. This acquisition brings the total number of buildings operated and secured to 12, reinforcing Student Depot's position as Poland’s leading developer and operator of student accommodation.

Mlynské Nivy quarter in Bratislava is undergoing significant changes. The former industrial and warehouse area of Bratislava is becoming an attractive urban district with thousands of apartments, workplaces, shops and services. The extensive Mlynárka project from YIT Slovakia is developed here in several stages, the first of which has already completed its first important step, reports Yimba.sk.

Immocap is starting the first works on a plot of land in downtown Bratislava, between Bottova and Landererova streets. The developer is preparing the plot of land to become home to a new energy-efficient office building, a designer residence, and an urban forest. 

Sales of houses and apartments increased by 7.6% in Bucharest and Ilfov region, in 2024, compared to 2023, according to an analysis by SVN Romania. During the same period, national sales increased by 6.6%. 

The transformation of the Tesla Pardubice brownfield into a modern urban district for 750 residents has reached its final stage. The implementation, which is taking place on a 2.5-hectare plot of land under the direction of the development company Linkcity and the general contractor VCES, has already started in 2021.

Czech real estate developer Urban Developers and Investors Ltd. Group (UDI Group) is making its first investment in Hungary, in a Budapest-based residential project. 

Romania remains one of the countries with the lowest mortgage penetration rates in the European Union, according to a Colliers’ analysis.