Duna House has released its monthly Transaction Estimate, showing that there were 14,548 residential property transactions in Hungary in March 2022. This is the fourth-highest monthly value of the past decade. 

Develia plans to deliver 600-800 apartments in the Private Rented Sector segment (PRS, institutional rental market) this year, the company said. The current land bank allows the company to build nearly 9,000 sqm premises.

Occam Real Estate wants to expand its development activities in Košice. After the successful acquisition of the 17,650 sqm BCT1 office building, which it bought in 2020 from the development section of the investment group Penta, it is now entering the residential development field with a €30 million project, reports the web portal reality.trend.sk.

Romanian Global Investment Group has started the development of a new residential project in Bucharest that will feature 240 apartments following an investment of €40 million.  

More brownfield sites in Prague are set for new residential development. Czech developer Ekospol is planning its big comeback to the domestic development scene and wants to build 2,000 flats in Prague's Zličín district within 10 years. It is now waiting for the necessary permits to start building Ekocity Zličín, company spokesman Filip Sušanka told Property Forum today. 

The military boarding school Hviezda in Bratislava, also known as "Kukurica", has been dilapidated for many years. The iconic high-rise building from the 1970s has a distinctive architectural style yet is a local landmark. However, it may already be on the verge of being saved. The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic (MoD) has started taking the first steps towards reconstruction, according to Slovak websites reality.trend.sk and yimba.sk.

Slovak developer Cresco is entering the Czech real estate scene with a CZK 1 billion project for a 500-apartment apartment building in Prague's Holešovice, the company announced on the project's website. And it says it already has other plans for further expansion in the Czech Republic.

Romanian developer Forty Management has completely sold all the apartments and leased all spaces in the Central District 4 Elements project that was completed last year following an investment of €25 million.

Ozan Tuncer has been appointed as the new CEO of Cosmopolis, Opus Land Development's residential compound located near Bucharest. He is replacing Ahmet Buyukhanl, who remains the main shareholder of the company. 

Property group Immofinanz has presented its new residential brand On Top Living during MIPIM, the biggest real estate fair held in Cannes. The company plans to develop up to 12,000 smart and sustainable apartments at affordable prices in the medium term.