Ema Iftimie, Globalworth Romania's Managing Director, delves into the most pertinent aspects of Globalworth's Romanian-focused developments, answering key questions that showcase the company's vision and future in this market. This interview was first published in Property Forum's annual CEE TOP 100 publication.
Mortgage loans totaling €7.3 billion were granted in Romania during the first 10 months of 2024, up by 43% compared to the same period of last year, according to an analysis by SVN Romania.
The BT Property Alternative Investment Real Estate Fund, managed by BT Asset Management, has purchased Prima Shops Oradea park from Oasis Group, for an undisclosed sum.
NEPI Rockcastle, the largest owner of shopping centers in Romania, aims to cover its electricity consumption exclusively from renewable sources by the end of 2026.
With Romania's full entry into Schengen, waiting times at the borders with Hungary and Bulgaria will be eliminated.
Investors across Europe will continue to focus on sectors with strong structural tailwinds, such as living and logistics, according to a Knight Frank report.
Weerts Group, the developer of the Unirii View Tower office building in Bucharest, has secured a credit facility worth €29.5 million from BCR. The funding will be used to refinance a previous loan for the office project's development.
French property group Catinvest is expanding its presence in Oltenia with the opening of Aparthotel Craiova following an investment of €12 million.
The European Commission welcomed the "unanimous decision" of the Council "to lift internal land border controls at the internal land borders with Romania and Bulgaria".
The total number of homes completed in Romania in the first nine months of the year was 42,312, down by 18.1% compared to the same period last year, according to a report by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
Romanian football player Florin Tănase and FIFA agent Florin Vulturar have jointly started the development of a new residential project in Pipera, located in the northern region of Bucharest.
The total volume of investments from six CEE countries reached €5 billion in the first three quarters of 2024, and next year the regional real estate investment market could exceed €10 billion, according to a Colliers report.
Romania records the strongest performance among the six largest economies in Central and Eastern Europe.
Victor Terheș, Sales Director at Bellemonde, talked to Property Forum about the status of its €40 million residential investment in northern Bucharest and the growing demand for homes in this area in the long term.
There are more than 7,800 dental clinics and around 9,500 dentists in Romania and the average cost of treatment per patient is Ron 1,000.
Praktiker Real Estate, the property company owned by Turkish investor Omer Susli, has purchased the Muntenia Business Center offices, in central Bucharest, from Longshield Investment Group for €8 million.
Real estate investment decisions in CEE are currently made considering various challenges, such as difficulty in predicting five-year exit strategies for investments, liquidity in the region, and concerns about the impact of ESG regulations on building compliance and financing, to name a few. CEE Property Forum 2024 in Vienna has taken a closer look at European investment trends in the panel chaired by Tim Wilkinson, MRICS, Head of European Acquisitions at Indotek Group.
KoçZer, Türkiye's leading procurement and sourcing management company, officially announced its entry into the European market with the establishment of its subsidiary in Romania.
GARBE has been on the markets in Central and Eastern Europe for 4 years. Now the company has announced the full occupancy of all its industrial parks in the region.
The land market in Bucharest and other regional cities is seeing increasing demand from developers of data centers that want to accommodate growing investments in the country's IT&C industry, according to a report by iO Partners.
Banca Transilvania Group has entered the exchange-traded fund market by launching the BT Index Romania ETF BET-TR, managed by BT Asset Management.
Digi Communications continues to explore strategic options for its Spanish operations, including a potential initial public offering (IPO) of its subsidiary Digi Spain Telecom.
Romania's annual inflation rate will increase and remain at higher levels than previously forecast during March-June 2026, according to the minutes from the National Bank of Romania's monetary policy meeting held in early April.
Millennials aged between 30 and 45 contracted almost two-thirds of mortgage loans processed by Ipotecare.ro in 2025, according to an analysis based on over 1,000 intermediated financings and over 27,000 simulations.
Rețele Electrice Romania, part of the PPC group, has launched a tender worth up to RON 59 million (€12 million) for secondary stations in precast concrete enclosures. The equipment will be used in investment projects between 2026 and 2030.