Around 19,000 homes could be delivered in Bucharest and its surroundings this year, down 11% compared to 2022, while over 8,000 homes are at this moment in different development stages and could be delivered in 2024 and 2025, according to real estate consultancy SVN Romania. 

Romanian developer Arqa, founded by Pedro Construct’s owner Petre Niculae and businessman Florin Ababe, has started the construction of a new residential complex in northern Bucharest and will start two new residential investments in the western part of the city. 

Trikaya Investment Fund is changing its strategy to ensure stable returns for its investors and it is now adding residential projects to its portfolio. The first is the Brno project Čtvrť Pod Hády by the Trikaya development group of the same name. The estimated value of the entire project is more than CZK 4 billion (€168.5 million), writes e15.cz.

The estimated value of transactions in the Polish institutional rental market exceeded €1.8 billion at the end of 2022, most of which were contracts for projects under development (forward contracts), according to the latest DLA Piper and Savills report – PRS market in CEE. Experts expect that high real estate prices and the declining availability of mortgages will generate increased demand for apartment rentals in the coming years, and thus attract new investments to this market segment.

Romanian developer One United Properties has obtained a loan of €20 million from Banca Transilvania for the for the completion of the One Cotroceni Park residential development in Bucharest. 

Construction has begun on the Verde Slaný residential project in the royal town of Slany. The entire complex will be built in several stages on the former Benar cotton spinning mill site in the immediate vicinity of the revitalised Kumpán Garden. The estimated investment for the entire project is over CZK 1 billion (€42.3 million) with the planned construction of more than 220 new apartments.

Tomáš Pardubický, CEO of Czech residential development company FINEP has talked to Property Forum about the necessary transformation of the real estate market and shared plans about the company’s expansion in the build-to-rent segment.

Prague's residential market in 2022 has seen the lowest number of flats sold in the last 10 years. The residential market is slowing down further, but prices of new builds are not falling, JLL said in its latest report.

Romanian developer Redport Capital is planning a residential complex with more than 1,000 homes on the land plot of 44,000 sqm that was recently purchased in northern Bucharest alongside local furniture market Mobexpert.

Romanian developer Impact Developer & Contractor has completed the first 209 apartments comprising the first phase of the Boreal Plus residential project in Constanța.