Recently, there has been significantly more activity in the Warsaw office market compared to regional markets, both in terms of demand and new investments. As of last year, the demand for office space in Warsaw has increased, while overall demand has decreased in the region. There are also more vacancies in the regional markets, says Walter Herz.

Investors returned to the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets. Their activity exceeded the volume of €3.3 billion in H1 2024 translating into 41% growth year on year and reaching almost the full-year volume of 2023. JLL experts, in cooperation with iO Partners, present an analysis of the trends observed in the investment market in Poland against the background of countries in the CEE region.

Banks and building societies have provided mortgage loans for more than CZK 32 billion (€1.2billion) within August, reports the Czech Banking Association in its newest Hypomonitor. Compared to July, mortgage activity has increased by a third.