BuildGreen has secured BREEAM Excellent certification for 12 residential buildings within Greenfield Băneasa, a development by Impact Developer & Contractor in northern Bucharest. Issued by BRE Global, the certification covers 982 apartments across Phases 1, 2, 3, and 5 of UTR3 (Teilor District), encompassing 62,706 sqm of net internal floor area and more than 96,999 sqm of gross internal floor area. The scale of the project places it among the largest BREEAM-certified residential developments in Romania.

Cavatina Group is increasingly balancing its established office business with rapid growth in residential and institutional rental housing. Daniel Draga, CEO of Cavatina Group, discusses the company’s expanding residential pipeline, the role of institutional capital, changing dynamics in the office market and how financing conditions are shaping its approach to future development.

Developer Optimal Development has begun construction of Matadorka Living, a residential-led mixed-use project on the site of the historic Smaltovňa building in the Petržalka district of Bratislava. The 1905 structure, designed by architect Heinrich Zieger and German firm Wayss & Freytag, once employed 910 people, roughly one third of Petržalka's population at the time. After decades of neglect, the site is now being transformed into a new local centre for the district.

Passerinvest Group, a Czech developer and investor, is expanding into the rental housing sector under a new brand called Balance Home. The first units will be available for occupation in the second quarter of 2027 at the Hila project in the Brumlovka district of Prague 4, where 71 fully furnished apartments ranging from studio to four-room configurations will be offered. A further 134 rental apartments are being developed at Brumlovka as part of the Orion project, due for completion in 2029. The planned Arboretum project in the Prague district of Roztyly will add rental housing across two additional buildings.

Investment group RSJ and developer Na Jelených have formed a long-term partnership to develop the Na Jelených site in southern Prague. Together they are preparing a large-scale build-to-rent project comprising approximately 5,500 rental flats for up to 16,000 residents, with a total value exceeding CZK 50 billion. The first construction phase is set to begin next year, with the full project expected to be delivered over approximately ten years.

Residential property prices fell in Budapest during the third quarter of 2026, according to the Duna House Barometer. The price index for panel flats dropped from 525 to 514 points, while the index for brick-built flats fell from 415 to 406 points, representing a 2% decline in both categories. The brick-built flat index is now 1% below its level from the same period last year. Nationally, the residential price index edged down from 464 to 462 points, with the annual growth rate slowing sharply from 19% in the second quarter to 6%. Western Hungary saw the steepest quarterly drop, with brick-built flat prices falling 4%, while only brick-built flats in eastern Hungary recorded a meaningful rise, of 3%.

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.