The first quarter of this year saw a rise in annual house prices on the Hungarian market, but the second quarter lost momentum. According to the latest analysis from zenga.hu, listing prices for residential properties are still 14 percent higher year-on-year, but this is a slowdown compared to the 20 percent growth in the first quarter. On a quarterly basis, prices rose by just 0.3 percent, meaning that nationwide the increase has essentially stopped.

Hubix, the Romanian investment and real estate management company, has signed a partnership with Nexo Group to develop the Abito Pipera residential project, in the Pipera area.

Speedwell has signed a €21.5 million financing agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania for the residential component of Queens District, its mixed-use development in northern Bucharest.

Alides Polska, the Polish subsidiary of Belgian real estate investor and developer Alides, has secured a position in Warsaw's Żoliborz district to develop a new project.

SHD Real Estate is unveiling its residential development, Lipno Vista, with construction scheduled to start in H2 2026. The project will comprise 179 residential units across more than 16,000 sqm, on the shores of Lipno, the largest lake in the Czech Republic.

UDI Group has obtained a building permit for Building A of its SIDE Smíchov Living project. The project in Prague's Smíchov district enters the implementation phase following the building permit for Building B. Building A is the second of three planned buildings, with construction expected to start in Q2 2027.

Romanian developer Astorium Construct Investment has secured a €7.5 million financing facility from tbi bank to support the second phase of the Astorium Life residential project in Bucharest.

The qualified investors' fund Luxent Fund SICAV, with its real estate subfund, has purchased two apartment buildings in Prague 2 – Nové Město. The fund recently also acquired an apartment unit in Prague 4 – Hodkovičky and is in talks over further opportunities, including in Prague 1 and 5, Praha-východ, Kolín and Hradec Králové.

StudentSpace, a student housing platform developed by Signal, Griffin Capital Partners and Echo Investment, has begun construction of its second Warsaw project. The six-storey development will be located in the southern part of Mokotów. Scheduled to open in Q3 2027, it will add nearly 600 beds to Warsaw's PBSA market.

An urban regeneration project in Stavyshche, Ukraine, will transform a former school building into housing for families displaced by the war. The initiative, called Dvir – the Shared Courtyard, has been designed by Office for Future Landscapes and is being developed by the Charity Foundation Housing for IDP.