Around 75% of investors plan to increase their exposure to rental housing (PRS), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), and collective living solutions over the next five years, shows a survey by Cushman & Wakefield.

Hagag Development Europe has resumed construction works for Phase I of its H East Residence project and plans to deliver the first homes in Q4 2026, following an investment of €43 million.

Location, intelligent layouts, and a robust array of amenities are the paramount criteria for buyers seeking premium homes in northern Bucharest, shows a recent qualitative study commissioned by Cloud9, part of Romanian developer Alfa Group, and conducted by Unlock.  

Rental prices in Europe continued to rise during Q1 2025, while developments in purchase prices varied, according to new research by Catella.

YIT has started selling apartments in one of its first residential projects outside Prague, Portti Kladno. The project is located on a brownfield site of former cold storage facilities with an area of almost 12,000 sqm. The second stage is to offer 102 apartments for personal ownership. 

STC Partners has secured €20 million in funding from BT for the development of the Bucharest-based Quartier Ferdinand residential complex.

The Nové Centrum Ružinova project by MiddleCap has been developed as a mixed-use complex on the plot with an unfinished concrete skeleton on Tomášikova Street in Bratislava. The infamous development, nicknamed Hiroshima by Bratislava residents, is now moving ahead in permitting, reports sme.sk.

The Trio Radotín residential project in Prague 16, which is developed by the company Doma je Doma, has sold out more than 60% of 205 apartments and 14 commercial units. 

The residential construction in the Czech Republic has been facing a confusing permitting system, lengthy processes and frequent obstructions. The Czech Republic has long been one of the countries with the most complicated construction procedures in Europe, ranking, according to World Bank data (2020), 157th out of 190 countries monitored, reports the real estate office Philip & Frank.

YIT has completed the base building construction of the tenth phase of Tampere, which is being built in the Suomi Hloubětín complex in Prague 9. The apartment building is offering 68 units and 5 commercial spaces.