The Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz reported in social media that she is against the introduction of REITs in Poland. “They lead to an increase in housing prices” – wrote the head of the MFIPR on Platform X.
“I am against the reit (…) reits lead to an increase in the prices of apartments. There is hard evidence in research,” wrote Pełczyńska-Nałęcz in response to one of the entries.
“If the reit appears in the government's work, I will block them,” she added.
Plan on REITs in Poland
The introduction of new financial instruments, including REITs, is an element of the directions of action and development of the Ministry of Finance for 2025-28 presented in February 2025.
The Ministry of Finance informed PAP Biznes in March that conceptual work on the introduction of the so -called REITs are coming to an end in the finance ministry. For now, the ministry has not presented specific solutions in this area.
What are reits
REIT-Y (Real Estate Investment Trust) is a kind of investment funds that allow you to place funds in real estate.
The investor, including ordinary Kowalski, can invest his savings by buying participation units, benefiting from the profits achieved by REITs, i.e. dividends. This means the possibility of earning real estate on the market without having to buy an apartment.
There is also a risk associated with REITs, for example, the risk of shaping the price of a participation unit (they can be traded on the stock exchange) or difficulties in their sale due to low liquidity on the market.
Reit supporters indicate that their introduction means an additional injection of cash on the real estate market, which will reduce the housing gap, and will also facilitate ordinary citizens long-term investing, e.g. with a view to about retirement. Opponents are afraid of the negative impact, among others for housing prices.
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