More than 636,000 homes were completed in Romania between 2016 and 2025, equivalent to almost 33 new homes per 1,000 inhabitants, according to an analysis by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. Romania recorded 32.9 completed homes per 1,000 inhabitants over the decade, placing it close to Germany (33.6), Slovakia (34.4) and Czechia (31.5), and ahead of Hungary (18.2), Spain (16.4) and Portugal (15.7). Residential construction intensity was considerably higher in Finland (62.8), Poland (55.2) and France (52.8).

As Poland's professionally managed rental sector continues to evolve, operators are increasingly competing on customer experience as much as on location or product quality. Shay Baruch, CEO of LivUp, discusses how technology, AI, data and adaptive reuse are reshaping the PRS market, why flexibility and community are becoming key differentiators, and how LivUp is preparing for the next generation of rental housing.

One United Properties (BVB: ONE) has acquired a 5,755 sqm plot at 110-112 Barbu Văcărescu Street in Bucharest for €10 million. The company plans to develop a mixed-use tower on the site, in an area that combines proximity to nature with access to the city's main business district.

YIT Czechia has launched Kattila Kamýk, a residential project in the Praha 12 district of Prague, where construction began in February 2026 and is expected to complete in autumn 2028. The ten-storey building rises on the site of a former heating substation belonging to Pražská teplárenská, which has been replaced by a modernised facility. The project was designed by studio Hlaváček a partner and features Scandinavian-style architecture with a façade enlivened by climbing plants.

ZEITGEIST Asset Management has obtained a BREEAM In-Use "Very Good" certification for its HOME by ZEITGEIST Górskiego rental estate in the Oliwa district of Gdańsk. The scheme, completed in 2022, comprises 203 two- and three-room apartments ranging from 35 to 68 sqm across four buildings at ul. Górskiego 6, 8, 10 and 12. The certification was managed by property manager MVGM in cooperation with the ZEITGEIST team and represents the first PRS project in the company's Polish portfolio to undergo this type of in-use assessment.

Developer Crestyl has obtained a building permit for its Nová Amerika residential project in the Nové Sady district of Brno. The company is finalising the selection of a general contractor and expects construction to begin before the end of this year. Completion is anticipated by mid-2029, with total investment exceeding two billion CZK.

Atenor has obtained a building permit for BakerStreet II, a 280-unit residential development in Budapest's 11th district. The project will comprise three buildings with approximately 26,700 sqm of residential space, arranged around a landscaped courtyard with green areas and shared amenities.

Yareal Polska has begun upgrading Żupnicza Street between Bliska and Chodakowska Streets in Warsaw's Praga-Południe district, as part of a developer-funded programme to modernise three streets surrounding its SOHO by Yareal mixed-use development in the Kamionek neighbourhood. The works include new road surfacing, refurbished pavements, one-way cycle lanes on both sides of the street and additional greenery, complementing earlier works on Bliska Street that are nearing completion.

Romania's apartment market showed signs of divergence in September 2026, according to the monthly PropGenius barometer. The national average price per sqm remained broadly flat, edging down from €1,973 to €1,972 per sqm, while time-on-market indicators rose across all seven cities analysed.

Slovak developer Lucron is launching sales of 209 flats in the northern section of its Nesto project in Bratislava's Petržalka district. The new phase, called Nesto Alej, comprises four low-rise residential buildings set in direct contact with green open land. It is the first residential project in the northern part of the site, where a retail park, sports facilities and a zone offering employment opportunities are planned in the coming years. Work on connecting the Nesto neighbourhood to motorway D2 is also set to begin before the end of this year.