Developer Corwin has finished the residential complex Kvartet in Ljubljana. The first foreign project of a Slovak developer in Slovenia has obtained a valid building use approval and is almost completely sold out.

Governments in Hungary and Poland have introduced new and renewed schemes to push the local housing market. The mortgage market has already shown some positive signs in both countries. However, the residential markets still face several problems which can not be solved quickly, says Guy Dymschiz, co-CEO of Duna House Group, active in Hungary and Poland.

LivUp, a company operating in the Polish Private Rented Sector, has closed 2023 with a portfolio of over 750 residential units in Warsaw and Kraków. In the past year, the company entered a new market - and opened its first project in Kraków, moved its headquarters, and finalized a rebranding process. LivUp is not slowing down at all. In 2024, the company plans to introduce an additional project with 160 flats on the Warsaw market. The goal for the next three years is to increase the portfolio to 2,000 residential units.

Angelika Kliś, Member of the Board of ATAL, one of the leading Polish residential developers, talked to Property Forum about the current boom in the residential sector, incoming challenges and the forecasts for 2024.

As early as 2022, when banks started raising mortgage prices, the fewest apartments in new buildings have been sold in Bratislava since the economic crisis. The 2023 market figures are not optimistic either, DennikN.sk reports.

The leading Hungarian developer hired a long-time expert to head its residential and office development businesses.

Corwin has announced the completion of its first residential complex in Ljubljana, which is also the company’s first investment in Slovenia. After the completion of 236 apartments, Corwin revealed plans for the development of another 1,600 apartments in the same city in the next decade.

Romanian entrepreneur Petre Niculae, the owner of several construction and real estate companies, has recently started the construction of a new residential complex in Bucharest that will feature 750 apartments.

According to experts from Colliers, the Czech real estate market is facing several challenges this year.

Developer YIT has launched the construction and sale of the new Sija Kamýk project in Prague 12. The development of the project is revitalizing the former brownfield used as a building site and later as office buildings in the Praha-Kamýk district.