Mortgage interest rates are projected to increase in the second half of 2025, impacting both fixed-rate mortgages, which constitute over 99% of new mortgage volumes, and variable-rate mortgages, according to a recent analysis by online broker Ipotecare.ro and SVN Romania | Credit & Financial Solutions.
The Romanian new mortgage market is projected to exceed €5 billion in 2025, with over 76,000 loans granted, excluding refinances and restructurings, according to a report by Ipotecare.ro and SVN Credit Romania.
A similar level of the instalment/wage ratio was registered in 2022, when the average instalment for a mortgage loan granted in Bucharest held a percentage of 44%.
Romania remains one of the countries with the lowest mortgage penetration rates in the European Union, according to a Colliers' analysis.
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 total balance mortgage balance in payment increased almost fourfold in the last 16 years, from €5.7 billions in 2008 to €21.7 billion today.
Mortgage loans worth €5.5 billion were granted in total at a national level in the first eight months of 2024, up 49% compared with the same period of last year, according to data from the National Bank of Romania (NBR).
Romania's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market recorded 122 transactions with a cumulative value exceeding €2.7 billion.
Romanian public engineering company Simtel Team has announced the signing of a significant EPC contract with a subsidiary of MOGAN Bucharest.
Pluxee, a global supplier of employee benefits and engagement solutions, has announced the acquisition of MyBenefits.
Inflation will increase over the planned fiscal package announced by Romania's Government, which includes the increase of fuel excises.
PLG Group, the largest ticketing company in CEE, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Bilete.ro, Entertix.ro, and Myticket.ro.