Archive for October, 2009

I have read it in New York Times and I found it really interesting. Ok, I have to admit that not all the cases apply to Balkans and especially to Romania, but I think that you will agree with me that the main idea is correct. My company is considered small - medium too,... »

Disappointing a collaborator and “bamboo girls”       The price for this commercial space was “less than 500.000 euro”. Then (when we appeared with the client) the Real Estate agent representing the owner considered that it was the time he expected so as to purchase a new Bentley, thus he increased the price to “1.000.000 euro... »

Part 2 (for part 1, please press here )         (”Eurobuild” magazine has asked my opinion regarding Romania and a general idea about my predictions for 2010. This is what I sent to them, it was published in the beginning of October). The business environment was difficult in the last 2 years…       Yes. Almost everyone had... »

Part 1         (”Eurobuild” magazine has asked my opinion regarding Romania and a general idea about my predictions for 2010. This is what I sent to them, it was published in the beginning of October). July 2009: “Why to waste our precious time in countries like R o ma n i a?”       “Romania. Ha! Romania… does... »

      Was it because of the rice with prawns and… strawberries that I tasted? Or because of the good sleep I had (eventually), after so many tensed weeks? Or finally was it because of the big number of stories I have prepared and new things I feel like writing and sharing with you? I... »

      Unfortunately, the number of Romanian companies participating in these events is very small. ” ExpoReal Munich is a fair to which business is done. MIPIM Cannes is a fair where is good to be seen “, summarizes in a single sentence describing the two events Jean Herskovits, Development Manager of Project Bucharest, one... »

      Only five foreign companies have shown interest to invest in real estate in Romania this year, at Expo Real Munich, one of the largest property exhibitions in Europe, compared to over 142 investors interested in 2007, said Tuesday the CEO of consulting company.       “If in 2007, there were 142  foreign investors  interested in... »

Romania was interesting when the properties in the rest of the Europe were expensive       Foreign investors are not interested in Romania as the prices of the properties are too high compared to Western Europe where prices have adjusted considerably from 2007.       At Expo Real Munich, one of the largest real-estate fairs in the world... »

      Interest of foreign investors for real estate market in Romania has declined over the past year, as prices fell on Western markets even to half, says Ilias Papageorgiadis, CEO of More Real Estate, real estate company arranging transactions of foreign investors in the local market.       Meanwhile, the quality of the construction work still... »

      “More Real Estate Services”, one of the real estate brokering companies in Romania, participated at the “Expo Real” Fair in Munich during October 5-7. “More” shared the stand together with Proiect Bucuresti, the largest Romanian architectural, engineering and urban planning office. After the Fair, the Romanian companies realized that there are fewer and... »