Scrapping it out

Fighting for a place on the Polish housing market is nothing new for international estate agents. Colliers International established such a section in 1997, at the same time as its Polish office opened. Its main business involves providing services to foreigners for the renting of apartments and houses, but it is also responsible for residential marketing strategies. However, the complex situation on the housing market resulted in the department closing down in 2001. Colliers International’s head office is not considering re-opening this section since, as they claim, the firm is concentrating its attention on specializing in commercial properties. DTZ and Jones Lang LaSalle have also decided not to set up such a department.Madrid to PolandCB Richard Ellis, on the other hand, has taken a different approach and has decided to carve out a niche for itself in this sector. As Mikołaj Martynuska, director of CB Richard Ellis’s Residential Department: “Our residential secti