Real Estate

Office Market

Volvo Hungária New Head Office Reaches Structural Readiness

The new Volvo Hungária Kft. base in Ecser, which will be the company's most modern and greenest building complex, has...

Residential

Home Rental Rates in Hungary Rise Close to 13% in October

Home rental rates in Hungary rose 12.8% year-on-year in October, data compiled by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) from listings...

Sustainability

Wizz Air Carbon Emissions Down 8%

Hungarian low-fare airline Wizz Air achieved a carbon intensity of 51.2 grams of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger kilometer in...

Office Market

Entire Floor of Office Area Rented at ZenGarden

Office complex ZenGarden has recently seen the signing of another long-term lease agreement. ConvergenCE has entered into a new agreement...

Construction

Slovakia Construction Output Jumps in September

Construction output in Slovakia rose 6% year-on-year in September, up from a 4% increase in the previous month, data from...

Construction

Hungary Signs Construction Timetable for Paks II

Hungary signed a timetable for the construction of another two blocks at the Paks nuclear power plant on Tuesday, according...

Construction

Construction Output Volume Falls in September

Construction output volume in Hungary, based on raw data by the Central Statistical Office (KSH), was below the previous year’s...

Sustainability

Saving Energy Now a Moral and Strategic Issue

Property managers in the 21st century must realize that to earn the trust of tenants, they need a facility management...

Office Market

Investment Volumes Fall Across Central Eastern Europe

CBRE has recorded EUR 350 million in annual commercial real estate investment volume for Hungary as of October, representing a...

Sustainability

Construction Industry Must Move Towards Carbon Neutrality

Debate continues about how international carbon emission reduction can best be achieved in the continuing struggle against climate change. Economic...

Office Market

Offices Affected by Challenging Real Estate Market

The challenging real estate environment has left its mark on the office market, according to the joint data analysis of...

Construction

High Prices, Interest Rates Stifle Construction Demand

The decline in the housing construction market intensified in the third quarter, Gábor Kiss, vice-president of the Real Estate Developers'...

Residential

New-build Housing Market Booming at Lake Balaton

Siófok is the favorite town of new-build home buyers at Lake Balaton, according to a survey by Otthon Centrum. Prices...

Residential

Real Estate Advertisers More Willing to Cut Prices

According to otpotthon.hu, compared to the first half of the year, it seems that advertisers have become even more open...

Construction

Slump Continuing in Housing Construction

In the first three quarters of 2023, 10,808 new homes were built in Hungary, 21% fewer than a year earlier,...

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...