Real estate
Income tax revenues from individuals who rent out real estate amounted to 18.5 million lei in the first two months of this year. Compared to the same period of 2025, they increased by 21.1%.
The real estate market of Moldova is far from the real market and lives according to its own laws. This has long been perceived as an axiom.
The Government did not support the initiative of MPs, which envisages a triple increase in the limits for exemptions from real estate tax, currently in force in Moldova. This refers to real estate intended for housing (apartments and individual houses, adjacent land plots) in municipalities, towns and villages.
Through this program, financial support is provided to improve the energy efficiency of houses. It can cover up to 50% of the investment, but not more than 200 thousand lei. The support is provided within the new round of the state program “Green House”, which has a budget of about 200 million lei. The result will be comfort in the house, real energy savings and lower energy bills.
Rapidly growing in recent years, real estate markets in the Middle East have come under pressure from the military conflict. Although the destruction in the Gulf countries is minimal, the “echo of war” is already affecting the business activity of investors, according to Logos Press.
In 2025, residential real estate investments in Moldova remain a priority despite contradictory market signals. The population still considers these investments as a long-term capital protection tool, although the market is moving towards transformation due to the limited ability of households to finance purchases.
One month after the launch of the platform with the results of mass assessment and revaluation of real estate, the Agency of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre (AGCC) and the State Agency of Real Estate Cadastre presented the first results of the process of familiarizing citizens with them. They concern the classification of complaints, the way of their submission, the timeframes for consideration and other stages of the procedure.
The authorities have developed a draft law on the adjustment of the regulatory framework in the field of housing relations, according to which citizens – tenants of residential premises provided by the state – extend the period of realization of the right to privatization for another three years, until May 31, 2029, reports Logos Press.
The assessment of the housing stock identified 767 buildings with a height of more than 28 meters and 363 buildings with attic floors, of which 238 buildings are at least one serious risk. Most are located in Chisinau, Logos Press reported.
An ad for the sale of the village of Veselukha with three yards was published on one of the real estate platforms in Belarus, reports Logos Press.
Opposition MPs propose to abolish the minimum property tax rate set for apartments, residential houses, garages and adjacent land plots, Logos Press reported.
Attempts to regulate the real estate market through requirements for intermediaries, tightening of transaction procedures and control over financial flows have not destroyed intermediation. They have changed its nature. The number of “black brokers” has grown. The realtor profession degraded from the function of reducing the risk of the transaction to the function of technical assistance in circumventing regulatory barriers. The social value of professional mediation has fallen to a minimum – not because the market has become more transparent, but because it has become more adaptive to opacity.
The government’s Prima Casa program is often misinterpreted. It is presented as an instrument of housing affordability. In reality, it has become a price gas pedal.
In Montenegro, housing is getting cheaper, while prices are determined by domestic demand, reports Logos Press with reference to Prian.
The State Property Agency has started the procedure of valuation of the Zarya Hotel in the center of the capital in order to determine the real market value of this state-owned enterprise, taking into account all assets, liabilities and ownership rights, reports Logos Press.
When the market is healthy, it requires no explanation. It functions on its own: apartments are sold, banks lend, developers build, and buyers buy. The state is limited to the role of an observer.
In January 2026, the average cost of housing in Madrid reached an all-time high of 5861 euros per square meter, according to Logos Press.
Real house prices declined across the board, but the trend was down 0.7%, Logos Press reported
An architectural intrigue more than a century long has been solved in Catalonia: the mountain chalet known as Halet del Catallaras is officially recognized as the work of Antoni Gaudi, Logos Press reports.
In three hundred localities of Moldova, the procedures of delimitation and registration of land and real estate objects publicly owned by the state and administrative-territorial units have been prolonged until 2028, Logos Press reports.
