Real Estate

Construction

Slovak construction output growth eases in November

Construction output in Slovakia increased by 1.0% from a year earlier in November 2021, following a 2.8% growth in the...

Logistics

GLP extends Sziget Logistics Center, buys plot

GLP has closed an acquisition contract for a 22.3-hectare plot in Szigetszentmiklós, next to its existing Sziget Logistics Center, which...

Office Market

Futureal Investment Partners expands Polish portfolio

Futureal Investment Partners has announced three real estate investments in Poland, totaling nearly 70,000 sqm, according to a press release...

Construction

Wienerberger merges local paving stone, brick units

Semmelrock Stein+Design, the Hungarian paving stone unit of Austrian building materials group Wienerberger, has merged with Wienerberger's local brick business...

Sustainability

Atenor certified carbon neutral

Belgian real estate developer Atenor has obtained the Carbon Neutral certification in collaboration with CO2logic, according to a press release...

Sustainability

Borrowers take out HUF 22 bln of Green Home Program credit

Lenders have disbursed about HUF 22 billion of credit in the framework of the Green Home Program of the National...

Residential

Home sales edge over 150,000 in 2021

Home sales in Hungary came to 150,974 last year, state news wire MTI reports, citing an estimate of transactions by...

Residential

Homeownership rate in Hungary among highest in EU

In 2020, some 91% of Hungarians lived in a household that owned their home, according to data by statistical agency...

Office Market

Hansainvest Real Assets acquires Skanska’s 1st skyscraper in CEE

Hansainvest Real Assets has acquired Generation Park Y, the last building of the Generation Park office complex in Warsaw, according...

Residential

Quarter of homebuyers bought their 1st home in 2021

While the share of first-time homebuyers has increased significantly since 2018, thanks to various home-buying incentives, this year the upward...

Residential

More than 80,000 apply for home renovation subsidies

More than 80,000 families raising children have applied for home renovation subsidies since the launch of the government scheme, state...

Industrial

CTP Undertakes new Speculative Development

The industrial market continues to record positive data with the CEE developer and industrial park operator CTP beginning work on...

Construction

GVH makes proposals to address distortions on wood market

Hungary's Competition Office (GVH) on Wednesday said it made proposals to address market distortions based on the results of a...

Office Market

Union Investment purchases Szervita Square Building

The commercial part of Horizon Development’s LEED Platinum certified premium mixed-use property Szervita Square Building was purchased by Union Investment...

Residential

Home rental rates in Hungary up 11% y.o.y. in November

Home rental rates in Hungary rose 11% year-on-year in November, climbing for the sixth month in a row after falling...

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...