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Slovakia's retail market added approximately 12,000 sqm of new leasable space in the second quarter of 2026, according to an analysis by CBRE Slovakia. Footfall at shopping centres managed by the company grew 3% year-on-year, while tenant turnover remained stable. Prime yields held steady at 6.50% for shopping…
The commercial real estate investment market across six Central and Eastern European countries recorded transaction volumes of €5.8 billion in the first half of 2026, according to analysis published by Colliers. The figure represents a notable improvement on recent years and signals a recovery in investor…
More than 100,000 sqm of office space was leased in Bucharest in the first half of 2026, slightly below the level recorded in the same period of 2025, according to a mid-year market update from Colliers. Asking rents for existing office space in the Central Business District and other central areas rose by nearly…
Knight Frank Czech Republic presents quarterly sector indicators and investment market analysis based on real data and market trends.
Knight Frank market overview of industrial property conditions and trends in the Czech Republic during the second quarter of 2023.
In Q2 2026, Poland’s retail property market saw a clear upturn in new supply, with 134,500 sqm of space added. According to BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland, retail parks are the main driver of market growth, accounting for the largest share of both newly delivered space and projects under construction. The sector’s…
Hungary's commercial real estate investment volume reached €610 million in the first half of 2026, a 26.7% year-on-year increase and the strongest first-half result since 2021, according to Colliers Hungary. Domestic buyers accounted for 74% of activity. The office sector led with a 37.9% share, followed by retail…
The supply of modern office space in Prague remains constrained, with the vacancy rate standing at 5.8% at the end of the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level since 2020. Total modern office stock reached approximately 3.95 million sqm, yet only one project was completed during the quarter: the renovation of…
7R Group has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, prepared in accordance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the EU Taxonomy. The report is the company's third, published voluntarily despite the absence of a formal…
Colliers has published its analysis of the Hungarian real estate market for the first half of 2026, finding that recovery is progressing at different speeds across segments, though the overall direction remains positive. The review was presented at a press conference by specialists including Kristóf Tóth, Associate…
The Czech industrial and logistics real estate market remains stable despite global economic uncertainty, according to an analysis by Colliers. Total modern industrial and logistics space in the Czech Republic reached 13.7 million sqm in the second quarter of 2026, with gross take-up of approximately 460,000 sqm,…
The demand for industrial and logistics space in Romania increased by 11 pct in H1 2026, prompting developers to return to speculative projects, according to the Romania Marketbeat Industrial Q2 2026 report just published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Hungary's residential property market is showing signs of normalisation, according to the latest Ingatlan Radar report from zenga.hu. While listed prices continued to rise in July 2026, the pace of annual price growth slowed both nationally and in Budapest, and one county recorded an outright year-on-year decline.
The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published figures on the Polish warehouse and industrial market for Q2 2026. The data is sourced from advisory firms active in the commercial real estate sector, including Axi Immo, BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, JLL,…
652 new apartments were sold in Bratislava in the second quarter of 2026, a 12% decline compared with the 742 units sold in the first quarter, according to a residential market report by CBRE Slovakia. The available supply of new-build apartments rose above 4,000 units for the first time since 2017, reaching 4,231…
After a subdued start to the year, Warsaw’s office market gained significant momentum in Q2 2026, with tenant activity in H1 reaching 420,000 sqm, representing a 38 pct y-o-y increase – according to Axi Immo’s ‘Office Market in Warsaw H1 2026’ report.
The Regional Research Forum, whose members include CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, iO Partners, Knight Frank and Savills, has published its H1 2026 data for the Brno and Ostrava office markets. In Brno, the only completion during the period was Svatopetrská D (1,750 sqm) in Q1, while construction began on…
Romania's modern retail market added approximately 80,000 sqm of new retail space in the first half of 2026, down from around 122,000 sqm in the same period last year, bringing total stock to more than 5.2 million sqm, according to a Colliers report. The decline was largely due to the absence of large-scale…
Warsaw's office market gained momentum in the first half of 2026, with total take-up reaching 420,000 sqm, a 38% year-on-year increase, according to AXI IMMO's report "Office Market in Warsaw H1 2026". Net take-up amounted to 220,000 sqm, with the second quarter seeing a surge in large transactions that nearly…
Romania's industrial and logistics market maintained positive momentum in the first half of 2026, with leasing activity accelerating in Q2 despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, according to the Romania Marketbeat Industrial Q2 2026 report published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. Total modern stock…
Commercial real estate investment across six Central and Eastern European markets reached €5.8 billion in the first half of 2026, according to Colliers, with the Czech Republic accounting for roughly a quarter of that total at over €1.4 billion. Although this represents a nominal decline from the record €2.2…
The momentum of the Central and Eastern Europe commercial real estate market picked up markedly in the first half of 2026, according to Colliers' CEE Investment Scene H1 2026' report. Total investment volume across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 bln - up from EUR 5.4 bln a year earlier, confirming that capital…
North East Romania has long been recognised as one of the country's manufacturing centres, but reducing the region's investment story to factories and production lines no longer tells the full picture. Over the past decade, a broader economic ecosystem has begun to emerge, one that combines advanced manufacturing…
More than half of Europe's warehouse and logistics tenants are planning to expand the amount of space they lease over the next three years. According to the latest 'European Logistics Occupier Survey 2026' published by CBRE and Analytiqa, 50.5 pct of occupiers expect to increase their warehouse footprint, up 4.3 pp…
According to the latest report from property consultancy Newmark Polska, Poland's major regional office markets saw a marked increase in occupier demand in the second quarter of 2026, while development activity remained subdued. Total modern office stock across the country's eight largest regional cities, excluding…
The number of beds in Poland's purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector grew by 24 pct year on year in the first half of 2026, reaching 17,900 beds. According to the latest report from property consultancy Knight Frank, despite this rapid growth, occupancy remains above 97 pct with supply still struggling…
Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 bln in the first half of 2026, marking a significant improvement on recent years and confirming that investor confidence is returning to the region. However, this is not a broad-based recovery. Capital is flowing selectively towards assets…
Bratislava's total office stock stands at 1.75 million sqm, with A+ grade space accounting for 22%, grade A for 38% and grade B for the remaining 40%. No new office buildings were completed in the second quarter of 2026, though two projects are expected to be delivered in Q3: Dunaj (8,000 sqm) and Ganz House (9,400…
Residential assets have overtaken offices as the largest recipient of real estate investment across EMEA, while record investment in data centres and senior living signals a broader shift towards operationally intensive sectors and platform-led strategies, according to the 'EMEA Capital Markets Snapshot | Q2 2026'…
GTC Group has published its 2025 ESG Report, covering sustainability performance across seven Central and Eastern European markets. The report, prepared in accordance with GRI standards, spans a commercial portfolio of 38 office buildings and 6 shopping centres in Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and…
Romania's real estate investment market recorded €211.1 million in transactions during the first half of 2026, a 46% decline compared with the same period in 2025, according to the Marketbeat Investment H1 2026 report by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. However, following the completion of AFI Europe's acquisition of…
The Industrial Research Forum presents an overview of Slovakia's warehouse and industrial real estate market in Q2 2026. Total supply of modern industrial space reached 4.89 mln sqm. The gross take-up totalled 93,400 sqm, representing a 9 pct y-o-y decrease. The net take-up (excluding lease renegotiations) amounted…
For decades, Romania's investment story has largely been associated with Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and the country's western industrial hubs. Yet as investors search for new growth opportunities across Central and Eastern Europe, attention is increasingly shifting east. This emerging trend will be at the heart of…
Europe's outlet centre market is holding steady even as broader brick-and-mortar retail faces pressure from shop closures and weak consumer spending. According to research by Wiesbaden-based consultancy ecostra, the majority of outlet centres across the continent report rising footfall and turnover, with…
The first half of 2026 saw a strong recovery in Warsaw’s office market from the occupiers’ side, despite development activity remaining extremely subdued, writes Newmark Polska in its latest 'Office Occupier – Office Market in Warsaw' report
In the first half of 2026, gross office take-up across Poland's regional office markets reached 307,300 sqm, according to figures from JLL. At the same time, developers have continued to keep new construction to a minimum, fuelling demand for the best-quality buildings while making it harder to lease older office…
The retail and investment market demonstrates robust resilience, characterised by the expansion of modern stock, the entry of renowned new brands, and intense investment activity, according to the latest data from CBRE.
Szczecin, Rzeszów and Białystok have come out on top in 'the Beyond the Hubs' ranking, produced by investor Accolade in partnership with REDD and Michael Page.
The Budapest Research Forum (BRF), comprising 108 Hungary Real Estate, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, ESTON International, iO Partners and Robertson Hungary, has published its Q2 2026 industrial market snapshot for Hungary.
The Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK) has published its latest figures for the second quarter of 2026, covering Poland's eight largest regional office markets. By the end of the first half of the year, the total stock of modern office space across the cities surveyed came to more than 6.76 mln sqm.
Szczecin, Rzeszów and Białystok have come out on top in 'the Beyond the Hubs' ranking, produced by investor Accolade in partnership with REDD and Michael Page.
The Czech industrial market reached a total stock of 13.78 million sqm in Q2 2026, with 189,600 sqm of new warehousing space delivered across 10 industrial parks — a 37% decrease quarter-on-quarter and 21% year-on-year. The largest completed project was CTPark Brno Líšeň (45,000 sqm), followed by EQT Exeter Park…
The Prague Research Forum — comprising CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, iO Partners, Knight Frank and Savills — has published its office market figures for Q2 2026. Total modern office stock reached 3.95 million sqm at the end of the quarter, following the completion of the refurbished Danube House in Prague 8…
Commercial real estate can serve a far more significant purpose than simply providing operational premises. For many manufacturing, logistics and industrial businesses, it has become an integral component of capital structure and a source of growth financing. The sale and leaseback (SLB) model — whereby a company…
Romania's commercial real estate sector accounts for 54% of loans granted to non-financial companies and recorded a 15% annual increase in financing, according to an analysis by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox based on data from the National Bank of Romania (NBR). At the end of March 2026, credit institutions' exposure…
The Industrial Research Forum has announced the industrial market figures for Q2 2026
Knight Frank analysis of investment market conditions and trends across Central and Eastern Europe.
The Industrial Research Forum has announced the industrial market figures for Q2 2026
Prague Research Forum has announced the office market figures for the second quarter of 2026. The members of the Prague Research Forum – CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, iO Partners, Knight Frank and Savills – share non-sensitive information with the intention of providing consistent, accurate and transparent…
Romania's modern retail stock reached 4,859,000 sqm by the end of Q2 2026, with retail parks accounting for approximately 23% of this area. Deliveries in H1 2026 totalled 84,000 sqm, including the expansion of Arena Mall Bacău, Phase 1 of Urbano Shopping & Living in Cluj-Napoca, and new retail parks in Oradea,…
Warehouses are no longer simply the operational backbone of supply chains. Increasingly, they are where the principles of Industry 5.0 are being put into practice—a concept that combines automation, sustainability and a people-centred approach. For Polish occupiers - says JLL - this is changing the criteria for…
The office is increasingly a source of competitive advantage for employers — no longer simply a company address. According to Bartosz Oleksak, Associate Director, Office Agency at AXI IMMO, location, building quality and workplace design now directly affect employee comfort, team performance and a company's…
Morizon-Gratka Group has published the first edition of its "Consumer Sentiment Barometer for the Property Market", a quarterly index measuring how consumers feel about the Polish property market. The barometer scored 66 points on a 100-point scale, placing it in positive territory above the neutral threshold of 50…
Investment in commercial real estate in the Czech Republic exceeded €1 billion in Q2 2026, up 121% quarter-on-quarter and 47% year-on-year. For the first half of the year, total volume reached €1.47 billion. According to Knight Frank's analysis, full-year investment could approach €3 billion, keeping the market…
Poland's property investment market recorded €3 billion in total volume across 66 transactions in H1 2026, up 77% year-on-year and matching the highest levels seen in the country over the past decade. Every sector recorded deals exceeding €100 million, with the single largest transaction — €575 million — completed…
The article examines existing home price changes across 19 of Europe's largest countries through Q1 2026 based on Eurostat transaction-based data, showing divergent regional trends with Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Spain leading in year-over-year gains of 13.5 to 19.7 percent, while Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Austria, and Finland remain below previous peaks. Finland experienced the steepest decline at 16.8 percent from its Q2 2022 peak and has returned to 2010 price levels, whereas Hungary posted the largest cumulative gain since 2010 at 308 percent, followed by Portugal at 186 percent and Czechia at 171 percent.
Comprehensive analysis of the Czech hospitality real estate market covering macroeconomic indicators, tourism demand patterns, CEE hotel transactions, and branded chain penetration in Prague and regional luxury wellness resorts.
The Prague office market in Q4 2025 experienced its lowest vacancy rate since early 2020, with only five office projects completed during the year representing historically minimal new supply, while prime rents remained stable quarter-on-quarter despite expectations for growth in 2026. Office development activity concentrated in Inner City, and although take-up declined year-on-year, demand continued to exceed long-term averages.
Cushman & Wakefield's Q3 2025 MarketBeat report on Czech industrial real estate shows total modern industrial stock of 12.9 million sq m, with 130,800 sq m delivered in the quarter and 475,400 sq m completed year-to-date. The market maintained a 4.0% vacancy rate with 608,900 sq m gross take-up in Q3 2025—the highest quarterly volume since 2022—while prime rents remained stable at €7.50/sq m in Prague, though economic growth is slowing amid global trade headwinds and exports are expected to weaken in the second half of 2025.
The Czech Republic industrial market reached 13.5 million square meters of total stock in Q3 2025, with gross take-up of 637,100 square meters representing a 79% year-over-year increase and the highest quarterly volume since 2022. Net take-up surged 120% year-over-year to 468,900 square meters in the quarter, while the national vacancy rate stood at 5.1% and new completions totaled 157,500 square meters, with 84% of newly delivered space pre-leased.