Over half of Poland’s top 200 residential developers are family-owned firms using domestic capital and most are led by individuals over 50 who lack formal succession plans. According to a JLL Living and Crido report, the frequent absence of a family heir may soon force these owners to sell their businesses.

Penta Real Estate and PSN have received a building permit for the Vinohradská 8 mixed-use project in Prague that will feature apartments, boutique offices and an active ground floor with shops and restaurants.

Developer Matexi Polska, active in the Warsaw and Kraków markets, signed 92 apartment contracts in the first quarter (70 in Warsaw and 22 in Kraków). This represents growth of around 30% compared to the first three months of the previous year, when 71 contracts were signed.

Develia sold in Q1 2025 860 units based on development and preliminary contracts compared to 951 in Q1 2025 and 845 in Q4 2025.

Resi Capital by Cavatina has laid the cornerstone for Liberty Tower, a 43-storey residential tower at Grzybowska 54 in Warsaw. The developer sold 60 apartments on the highest floors before opening its sales office in February.

The residential panel at Bratislava Property Forum 2026 showed a market gradually stabilising after a period of sharp volatility, with rising costs, shifting buyer behaviour and structural imbalances continuing to shape both demand and supply. Moderated by Marián Škvarek, CEO of Realpad, the discussion brought together developers, financiers and investors to assess trends in Bratislava and regional cities, with a particular focus on affordability, the growing role of rental housing and the impact of technology and ESG on future projects.

Alides and Revive, the two Belgian developers behind Gdansk Development Holding, have signed a preliminary agreement for the sale of 100% of shares in Stocznia Cesarska Development to Develia, one of Poland's residential developers.

The Duna House monthly transaction estimate and mortgage forecast shows that 11,554 residential properties changed hands across Hungary in March 2026, while residential mortgage contract values reached €240 million.

Bucharest recorded the highest number of residential transactions in Romania during the first two months of 2026, while Brașov emerged as the top regional market, according to analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate alliance, based on ANCPI data.

The institutional private rented sector (PRS) is becoming an important part of the Polish residential market, recording supply growth and attracting both domestic and international capital, according to a report by BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland.