Property developer Alesonor has obtained a financing of €21 million from Banca Transilvania that will be used for the first phase of the Amber Forest project near Bucharest. The money will support the development of 294 green homes. 

The resources of the PRS sector in Poland are growing. Last year, almost one in five apartments was built for institutional lease, which also had a significant impact on developers' results. According to Walter Herz, in 2021, investments in portfolios of residential for rent in Poland amounted to approximately €725 million. There are already almost 8,000 units on the Polish market offered in the PRS segment and other several tens of thousands of apartments under construction.

Currently, the primary residential real estate market in Ukraine is experiencing an increase in the cost of construction as the cost of materials and labour have increased several times. A large part of domestic producers of building materials cannot work because they have suffered losses of production capacity. Import substitution, which should fill the shortage of materials, is often not a solution because of the high costs and logistics problems. Iryna Nastych summarised the situation in an article prepared by the Ukrainian Real Estate Club for Property Forum.

The Dům Radost project in Prague 3 in Žižkov, where SIKO Group as the new owner plans six hundred rental apartments, is one step closer to realisation. The Ministry of Culture has stopped a review procedure that could have seriously complicated the project for the owners, writes Seznamzprávy.cz.

Residential property in the EU is getting more expensive again. Prices rose by 10.5% year-on-year in Q1. In the Czech Republic, the increase was the highest, at 24.7%, according to data published by Eurostat, the Czech News Agency reported.

Massive construction worth billions of crowns is being prepared around the route of the new D metro line, which is currently under construction in Prague. The company Reflecta Development will build buildings with apartments and offices on lucrative land near the Thomayer Hospital for restituents, reports the daily E15.cz.

Cordia has begun its latest large scale urban regeneration project, the revitalization of the site of the former Modena garment factory in Poznań, Poland. 

Trei Real Estate Poland has launched its first investment in Poland in the private rented sector. The property located at ul. Piątkowska in Poznań is to be ready in 2025. The developer plans to build 450 apartments, which will be available in the institutional lease formula.

Anna Dafna has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Atrium European Real Estate. She will replace Ryan Lee, who was promoted to the position of CEO.

Marcin Krasoń, a residential property expert at Obido.pl and Otodom.pl talked to Property Forum about the incoming slowdown in the residential market in Poland, the development of the PRS sector and the effects of rising inflation.