The Brno residential real estate market has had a hot summer. Q3 has brought further growth and record sales. The episode of economic uncertainty is ending, reports Trikaya in its Q3 2024 analysis of the residential market in Brno.

The Czech Republic is on the cusp of a major transformation of its transport infrastructure having far-reaching consequences for the industrial and logistics real estate market across the Central European region, reports Colliers in its recent study.

The flexible office market in Bratislava has grown to 40,000 sqm, compared to 2020 it has almost doubled, CBRE's latest survey reports. Flexible offices and coworking spaces are equal to 2% of the total offer of modern office spaces in Bratislava.

The digital construction permitting procedure in the Czech Republic is not going to be fully functional in the foreseeable future. There is even the possibility of commissioning a completely new system, reports E15.cz.

With the first interest rate cuts in the Eurozone in a long time, optimism has also returned to the banking sector, as the participants of the banker panel at the CEE Property Financing Update 2024 conference unanimously concluded. However, it is limited by factors such as the uncertain political situation in the United States or the EU taxonomy, through which many older buildings may become troubled assets for their owners. The event, held at the end of September in Warsaw, was organised by Property Forum and law firm CMS.

Global economic transformations are impacting how companies operate and how workplaces are designed. The latest report developed by Walter Herz in collaboration with experts from Workplace, ISS Polska, DECISIVE Szmigiel, Papros, Gregorczyk, and Brill AV Media, outlines the leading trends shaping the development of the office market in Poland.

According to the Savills European Real Estate Logistics Census, the Czech Republic is becoming a key destination for industrial tenants' expansion within Central and Eastern Europe. 

Real estate brokerage Duna House estimates that 9,754 residential properties changed hands, up 21% year on year, and that HUF 112 billion worth of housing mortgages were taken out in September 2024 in Hungary, more than double (+106%) of the base period's data. The number of transactions in the first nine months of the year shows a nearly 40% yr/yr increase.

Demand for industrial spaces is stabilising across Europe, as indicated by the recent European Logistic Update report from Cushman & Wakefield. In the Czech Republic, the situation is returning to pre-pandemic levels, driven primarily by manufacturing and logistics companies.

Two years after the results of the international architectural competition won by the Danish BIG, the detailed architectural study of the Vltava Philharmonic has been completed and the construction permitting process has begun by submitting an EIA application.