Duna House has released its monthly Transaction Estimate and mortgage forecast, showing that there were 11,185 residential property transactions in Hungary in July, 15% fewer than a year earlier.

Mauricio Mesa Gomez, Country Manager of Cordia Romania and Spain and member of Cordia’s Board of Directors discussed the company’s development plans and the prospects of Romania’s residential market with Property Forum.

Polish residential developer Murapol has filed a prospectus with the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) in connection with the IPO being considered and the start of listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

After securing the largest commercial loan in over a decade on the Slovenian real estate market, Bratislava-based developer Corwin has realised the first drawdown for the residential project Kvartet.

Béranger Dumont, CEO of BPI Real Estate Poland talked to Property Forum about large scale mixed-use projects, the rapid development of the PRS market and the main problems of residential developers in the country.

One of the most active residential developers of the Romanian market estimates at least a 20% increase in prices for new projects and 5-10% higher prices for the under-development units. Tinu Sebeșanu, CEO of IMPACT Developer & Contractor talked to Property Forum about financing conditions, market trends, ongoing projects and new developments on the horizon.

Rents continued to rise in June 2021, increasing by 1.6% nationally and by 1.8% in Budapest compared to the previous month, the latest KSH-ingatlan.com rent index shows. Supply prices were also slightly higher than in the same period last year, something not seen for more than a year. Of all the district groups in Budapest, prices stagnated only in the outer districts of Pest, while the largest price increase (2.8%) on the previous month was recorded in the transitional districts of Pest.

Residential developer Lucron has sold the entire retail part of the Urban Residence project in Bratislava to Slovak group Coopex Hold. After the complete occupation of facilities and their sale, the entire Urban Residence is already in private hands.

Romanian developer One United Properties has secured €78 million in fresh funding from a group of banks for the office component of One Cotroceni Park in Bucharest. 

Bogdan Doicescu, Director Of Development at Bog’Art spoke with Property Forum about the current state of the construction market and shared the company’s plans for the upcoming years. Consistent with the company's strategy to diversify its portfolio, Bog’Art has recently targeted public works with greater interest, both civil works as well as infrastructure.