Real Estate

Office Market

Interior, Exterior Design Carving-out a Higher Profile

With developers striving to deliver ever more highly-specified office complexes that integrate and contribute to the infrastructure and feel of...

Office Market

Competition for Development Plots Increasing

In a very compact such as Budapest, city one of the challenges for developers is sourcing suitably-sized, well-located development plots...

Industrial

Low Vacancy Continues to Shape Budapest Office Market

Demand in the Budapest office market has continued to boom with vacancy falling to some of the lowest levels on...

Industrial

Constricted Industrial Supply Encourages Preleases

An estimated 24,000 sqm of space was added to the Budapest industrial market with deliveries at the Airport City Logistic...

Sustainability

Limited Number of Investment Assets Restricts Liquidity

Around EUR 1.7 billion in commercial real estate transactions was concluded in 2018 and an estimated EUR 1.3 bln-1.5 bln...

Sustainability

Real estate prices to keep rising – GKI

Real estate prices are set to rise in every category in the next 12 months in Hungary, with prices of...

Office Market

Wing acquires Liget Center

Real estate developer and investor Wing has announced the purchase of the Liget Center office building next to Városliget (City...

Sustainability

Home loan outlays jump in March

Hungarian banks signed contracts for HUF 76.3 billion of new home loans in March, 26.5% more than in the same...

Sustainability

Home buyers favor Districts 9, 11 and 13 – Duna House

In the capital, the highest number of new apartments last year was built in District 9, followed by Districts 11...

Sustainability

Győr leads way in home construction

There were 653 homes built in the city of Győr (121 kilometers northwest of Budapest) in 2018, the most in...

Sustainability

Home prices climb at slower pace in Q4

Home prices in Hungary rose at a slower rate in the fourth quarter of 2018, while the gap between prices...

Industrial

Low Vacancy Continues in Budapest Office Market

Total supply in the Budapest office market has reached around 3.63 million sqm according to the Budapest Research Forum, consisting...

Sustainability

Cordia inks loan deals to finance city projects

Residential real estate developer Cordia has announced loan deals to the total value of HUF 27.7 billion with OTP Bank,...

Office Market

Budapest office vacancy rate near record low – BRF

The Budapest Research Forum (BRF), which comprises CBRE, Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, Eston International, JLL and Robertson Hungary, says...

Logistics

Business confidence down, consumer confidence up in April

Economic research institute GKIʼs Economic Sentiment Index, its combined gauge of consumer and business confidence, fell 3.3 points to 2.9...

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...