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News Financing competition heats up in CEE
10
Oct
2025

Financing competition heats up in CEE

by Property Forum
At the recent CEE Property Financing Update 2025, organised by Property Forum and CMS Poland, an expert panel convened to dissect the dynamics shaping real estate lending in CEE. Moderated by Csanád Csürös, CEO of Property Forum, and featuring insights from Beata Latoszek (Deutsche Hypo), Dieter Lobnig (Bank Pekao S.A.), Tomasz Niewola (mBank), and Hannes Wimmer (Erste Group Bank AG), the discussion illuminated the strategic responses of top lenders to evolving macroeconomic and market conditions.
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News Despite geopolitical situation, lending activities to grow in 2025
15
Jul
2025

Despite geopolitical situation, lending activities to grow in 2025

by Property Forum
A significant increase in lending activity can be expected this year for companies that use debt financing to develop their real estate portfolios, according to a pan-European CBRE survey. The year-on-year improvement in market sentiment across commercial real estate sectors was confirmed by 40% of respondents.
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News Lenders in Europe are open for business
10
Jul
2024

Lenders in Europe are open for business

by Property Forum
The debt markets in Europe remain resilient. An extensive survey by CBRE among 130 companies shows that the lending environment is on a solid footing for when investment activity starts to pick up in the second half of 2024. Nearly two-thirds of respondents expect a recovery compared to last year with refinancing being the main source of demand. Industrial and multifamily are the preferred sectors for lending, with student accommodation and hotels seeing the strongest increase in demand.
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News Property players in CEE face more expensive financing terms
30
Sep
2022

Property players in CEE face more expensive financing terms

by Property Forum
Although financing has become more expensive for real estate companies in the past 12 months, transactions are still being carried out, pointed out speakers in the financing strategies panel of CEE Property Forum 2022 in Vienna.
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News Residential is banks’ new favourite, KPMG survey confirms
27
Oct
2021

Residential is banks’ new favourite, KPMG survey confirms

by Property Forum
Although real estate development, investment and lending to the sector have taken a beating due to the pandemic's effects on the global economy, according to the results of the latest edition of KPMG’s Property Lending Barometer, property lending has gained an increased importance for banks in 2021, as on the one hand real estate loan portfolios are deteriorating, and, on the other, market conditions continue to gradually improve. Moreover, the tougher times mean that lending institutions within the region are able to pick and choose what types of developments and investments to grant loans to under stricter terms and conditions.
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News Banks in CEE now prefer to finance industrial/logistics assets
28
Oct
2020

Banks in CEE now prefer to finance industrial/logistics assets

by Property Forum
The industrial/logistics asset class is presently the most attractive for a majority of banks in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) following the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results from the latest edition of KPMG’s Property Lending Barometer (PLB), an annual study by the global audit and advisory firm that attempts to measure banks’ lending sentiments in Europe’s property markets. That preference lies in contrast to where most bank finance in Europe has typically landed prior to COVID: the office segment.
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News Banks in Europe expect a slow recovery
16
Jul
2020

Banks in Europe expect a slow recovery

by Property Forum
Banks in Europe are expecting a slow recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while they forecast that hotel and retail loan portfolios will likely be hit more considerably than office and other real estate asset classes, the majority of them believes that the impairment will be in the range of a few percentage points up to 10% in total. These are some of the early findings from the COVID-specific section of this year's edition of KPMG's Property Lending Barometer, due to be published in autumn 2020.
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News Bank lending stays strong in Poland
05
Feb
2018

Bank lending stays strong in Poland

by Import Sys
In 2017, real estate transactions hit a record-breaking volume of € 5 billion, up by nearly 10% on the previous year. Bank financing for properties remained unchanged, averaging approximately 60% of each property’s value. Cushman & Wakefield has published its opinion on the commercial property lending market in Poland, written by Mira Kantor-Pikus, Partner, Equity, Debt & Structured Finance, Capital Markets at Cushman & Wakefield Poland.
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News CEE offers the most favourable debt terms in Europe
15
Sep
2017

CEE offers the most favourable debt terms in Europe

by Import Sys
The markets of Budapest, Bucharest, and Warsaw, in addition to Milan and Oslo, offer the most amenable conditions for both lenders and borrowers, according CBRE’s research.
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Latest news


New leases

  • Activ Property Services brokered the transaction in which moveX leased 3,300 sqm of modern logistics space within the Mega Company Park in Chiajna, near Bucharest.
  • The Polish branch of Lufthansa Technik AG, a global provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for civil aviation, has joined the group of tenants at the Infinity office building in Wrocław. The company has leased over 860 sqm of office space in the building, in the heart of the city on ul. Legnicka. Lufthansa Technik AG will move into its new headquarters in April 2026. The lease was signed for seven years.
  • Fortress Logistics Real Estate, part of South African global investment platform, has set up office in the third floor of the Metropolitan building on Piłsudski Square. The Warsaw office will overlook the Ministry of Culture and the Raffles Europejski Hotel.

New appointments

  • Romanian developer Redport has appointed Sorin Ioan Blaga as COO. In recent years, Blaga has served as CEO of Liebrecht & wooD Romania, managing real estate developments with a combined value of several hundred million euros, and as COO & Co-CEO of The Concept Group.
  • From mid-October, László Csapó will take up the position of Director of Business Development at Danubius Hotels Zrt. He succeeds Andrea Róna, who had held the position since 2022.
  • Cushman & Wakefield Echinox has named Gabriel Vințe as Business Development Manager within the Project & Development Services (PDS) department. He will also oversee the business line dedicated to sustainability services. Vințe has over 21 years of experience gained in renowned companies across sectors such as financial services, retail, residential, and consultancy.

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