8 SEPTEMBER 2026
BREC RESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE
by BUCHAREST REAL ESTATE CLUB
The Future of Quality Living

Key focus points of BREC RESI CONFERENCE 2026:

  • The New Urban Planning Code: real predictability or a new bottleneck?
  • The new Code streamlines permitting, but it doesn’t lower the bar on energy performance — how do developers turn efficiency standards into value rather than cost?
  • One point of failure: what the ANCPI blockage taught the market?
  • New-build price index 2026: where values rose fastest?

KEY SPEAKERS

Luciana Giurea – Roșca

Head of Residential, AFI Romania

Ioana Roman

Partner, Filip & Company

Bogdan Bălașa

General Manager, HILS

Anca Călimăneanu

Senior Sales Manager, Veolia Romania

Irina Caraene

Sales Director, Cordia Romania

Răzvan Ionescu

Chief Commercial Officer, Imobiliare.ro

Anca Simionescu

Head of Project Development, MediaCity

Despina Ponomarenco

BREC President

AGENDA

09:30 – 10:00                  REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

10:00 – 11:30                    DEBATE

    • Market outlook & the core paradox
      • Between correction and resilience: is the market cooling, maturing, or repricing?
      • Investors outlook for Q4 2026 & 2027: where does confidence stand?
      • Reading the market beyond price per sqm: interest rates, VAT, permits and the rent-to-instalment ratio.

      Developer economics

      • Land, materials, financing: managing the new cost structure without losing the buyer.
      • Where is the growth coming from: insights from the most active developers.
      • Updated selling index for new units: which areas gained the most in 2026?

      Fiscal & financing

      • Living with 21% VAT: how the fiscal shift reshaped pricing and demand
      • Approaches to financing in a tighter, more expensive credit environment
      • Affordable housing: can the private sector deliver genuinely accessible homes at a profit — or does affordability now depend on public policy, land and fiscal levers?

      Geography & urban expansion

      • Dense urban core vs. metropolitan expansion: where is Bucharest really growing?
      • Infrastructure as a value driver: which projects are redrawing the map?

      Demand, product & the renter

      • The more selective buyer: what does “value” mean in 2026?
      • Rent or buy? The shifting economics of the Bucharest client
      • Built to rent revisited: is the model finally maturing in Bucharest?

      Sustainability & innovation

      • Beyond green buildings: energy efficiency as a cost argument, not just an ESG label
      • Energy after liberalization: how rising costs change the case for efficient homes

11:30 – 11:45                    Q&A SESSION

11:45 – 12:00                    NETWORKING & REFRESHMENTS

Admission to BREC events is allowed exclusively to our members and partners. For more information, please contact georgiana.grecu@brec.ro

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