AFI Europe Romania has received the building permit that allows for construction works to begin on AFI City, the first residential project developed by the company in Romania. The building process has been divided into phases, the first one being scheduled to begin in the next 2 months.

In 2017 the residential market took the lead in terms of land deals, recording all-time highs for both the number and value of sale/purchase contracts. The market for land suitable for office buildings and hotels also continued apace in 2017. The appetite of developers for new purchases was underlined by deals for several dozen properties throughout Poland, according to JLL.

In Q3 2017 the largest increase in house prices was registered in the Czech Republic. According to fresh data published by Eurostat, Hungary also saw double-digit growth, while prices rose by 5-10% in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia and Romania

YIT has sold housing projects in Prague, the Czech Republic and in Bratislava, Slovakia to YCE Housing I fund. The value of the projects is approximately €50 million, and the sales are recorded in the last quarter of the year.

Cityland, a Bucharest-based residential real estate agency, will start selling apartments in bitcoin in response to the growing popularity of the virtual currency, profit.ro reports.

The Board of Directors of TK Development has decided that going forward, property development activities will be confined to the Danish and Swedish markets, and the activities in Poland will be divested.

Bricks Acquisitions, part of the Goldman Sachs group, is to buy all shares of residential developer Robyg through a public tender on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Bricks Acquisitions is to pay PLN 3.55 per share, which represents a total transaction price of around €244 million (PLN 1,027 million). Entries in the tender are to be accepted from 2 January, 2018 to 2 February, 2018.

Real estate developer London Partners is to invest €26 million in SoHo Unirii residential project in Central Bucharest, which will have a total of 236 apartments. Construction works started this summer and completion is scheduled for Q1 2019.

One United Properties, a real estate developer specialised in Bucharest residential property, will issue €20 million worth of 4-year bonds through private placement, fully funded by co-management by Credit Value Investments in Poland. The money will be spent on the company existing and new residential developments.

Turkish real estate developer Anchor Grup will invest €9.5 million in the Pallady Towers residential project.