Real Estate

Sustainability

Investments up 26% in Q1 2019

In the first quarter of 2019, the dynamic expansion in investment that marked the whole of 2018 intensified further, as...

Logistics

Business confidence up, consumer confidence down in May – GKI

Economic research institute GKIʼs combined gauge of consumer and business confidence rose 1.4 points to 4.3 in May, rising after...

Sustainability

Hungary M&A value drops to USD 3.35 bln in 2018

The value of Hungarian mergers and acquisitions fell 17% year-on-year to an estimated USD 3.35 billion in 2018, data compiled...

Office Market

Etele Plaza, Business One developments enter next phase

The Etele Plaza mall and Budapest One Business Park are set to enter the next phase of development in South...

Office Market

Ecodome Awarded ’Platinum’ Certification

The 5,000 sqm Ecodome office, located close to the Castle District, has become the third Budapest office complex to be...

Office Market

Protected Liget Center Changes Hands Again

Wing has purchased the 7,000 sqm Liget Center Office, a protected Hungarian building as an example of Hungarian modernist functional...

Office Market

S IMMO starts 2019 with large-scale deals

Vienna-based real estate investment firm S IMMO began 2019 with several large deals on the Budapest market, including the purchase...

Office Market

GRT Group begins Office Garden IV construction

As part of the expansion of the Office Garden office park, developer the GRT Group has started construction of the...

Office Market

Futureal sells Advance Tower to Erste

Property developer the Futureal Group has reached an agreement with Erste Real Estate Fund regarding the sale of the Advance...

Office Market

Orbán unveils Renoir nude at OMRRK inauguration

The state of Hungary has purchased a painting by the French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir for USD 12.3 million for the...

Office Market

White Star Real Estate constructs HUF 15 bln business park

White Star Real Estate announced yesterday the start of construction of park22, a HUF 15 billion business park in Budapestʼs...

Office Market

Népliget: Budapest’s new business district

Located at the meeting point of Districts VIII., IX. and X., Népliget is becoming the new business district of Budapest...

Construction

Construction output soars in March

The volume of construction output, based on raw data, was 67.6% higher in March 2019 than a year earlier, albeit...

Sustainability

Home price gap widens, overvaluation risk in Budapest grows

Amid continued dynamic growth in home prices, territorial differences in the Hungarian housing market strengthened and the risk of overvaluation...

Sustainability

Office Becomes the Sector of Choice for Investors

The office market is regarded as the investment destination of choice with strong fundamentals such as high demand, low vacancy,...

Industrial

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Sustainability

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Residential

Budapest Castle District Voters Back Short-Term Rental Ban

Nearly 59% of participants in an online vote in Budapest’s District I supported a complete ban on short-term rentals, Castle...

Real Estate

Erste Real Estate Investment Fund Buys H2Offices

Skanska has agreed to sell the second phase of its H2Offices complex to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented...

Sustainability

Westend Shopping Center Wins Green Investment of the Year Award

One of the leading Budapest malls, Westend Shopping Center, operated by Gránit Pólus Group, has won the “Green Investment of...

Real Estate

Investors Becoming More Selective as Markets Rebound

Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 billion for H1 2026 compared with EUR 5.4 bln...

Sustainability

ESG Elements Central to Investment and Financing

Analysts say a sustainable recovery in the investment markets is underway, although investors are more selective in how they allocate...

Sustainability

Accreditation Systems Face More Complex Demands

Developers and asset owners in the region see a growing need for higher-level third-party sustainability accreditations such as BREEAM, LEED,...

Sustainability

The Business Case for Building Less, and Managing Better

Tibor Karsai, managing director of Rustler Kft., explains how coordinated design, investment and property operations can make circular strategies commercially...

Sustainability

Taking Discipline, Perseverance, and Goal-setting from the Pool to the Workplace

In his sporting life, Valter Kalaus was an Olympic swimmer at 18 and, now 56, competes regularly in Masters events....

Budapest Office Vacancy Rises to 13.1% as Leasing Demand Falls Year-on-Year

Budapest’s office vacancy rate rose to 13.1% in the third quarter of 2026, while total leasing demand fell 9% year-on-year,...

PSS Expands Hungarian Capacity Serving BMW, Mercedes and Others

Premium Sound Solutions is expanding its Hungarian manufacturing footprint with a new purpose-built plant at LogStar Park Fehérvár in Szabadbattyán...

Enthusiastic Visionary Optimistic About Sustainable Future

Nándor Kovács jokingly describes himself as a “revolutionary” when it comes to real estate sustainability. Spend just a little time...

Civil Engineering Surge Masks Decline in Building Construction

Civil engineering output more than doubled in Hungary in August, while building construction declined and the volume of new contracts...

Hungary’s Housing Costs Drive Buyers Toward Garden Plots and Former Wine Cellars

Rising house prices and living costs are pushing more buyers toward properties on Hungary’s outlying garden plots and vineyard land,...

Budapest Castle District Voters Back Short-Term Rental Ban

Nearly 59% of participants in an online vote in Budapest’s District I supported a complete ban on short-term rentals, Castle...

Erste Real Estate Investment Fund Buys H2Offices

Skanska has agreed to sell the second phase of its H2Offices complex to Erste Open-Ended Real Estate Investment Fund, represented...

Westend Shopping Center Wins Green Investment of the Year Award

One of the leading Budapest malls, Westend Shopping Center, operated by Gránit Pólus Group, has won the “Green Investment of...

Investors Becoming More Selective as Markets Rebound

Commercial real estate investment across the CEE-6 markets reached EUR 5.8 billion for H1 2026 compared with EUR 5.4 bln...

Government Gives Green Light to M49 Extension to Romanian Border

The government will proceed with the second phase of the M49 expressway, extending the road to the Romanian border, Transportation...

ESG Elements Central to Investment and Financing

Analysts say a sustainable recovery in the investment markets is underway, although investors are more selective in how they allocate...

Accreditation Systems Face More Complex Demands

Developers and asset owners in the region see a growing need for higher-level third-party sustainability accreditations such as BREEAM, LEED,...

The Business Case for Building Less, and Managing Better

Tibor Karsai, managing director of Rustler Kft., explains how coordinated design, investment and property operations can make circular strategies commercially...

Taking Discipline, Perseverance, and Goal-setting from the Pool to the Workplace

In his sporting life, Valter Kalaus was an Olympic swimmer at 18 and, now 56, competes regularly in Masters events....

Budapest Residents Move Less as Outer Districts Gain Ground

Fewer Budapest residents moved between districts in 2025, with around 29,000 people registering a new permanent address elsewhere in the...