Sustainability

Sustainability

Rush to buy homes before CSOK extension increases prices

According to Hungarian real estate specialist Duna House, customers were the quickest to react to the governmentʼs announcement of new...

Sustainability

Skanska ends record year in CEE

Construction and development group Skanskaʼs commercial development business in the CEE region had a record year, selling nine buildings for...

Sustainability

Positive Fundamentals Expected to Continue

All property market sectors are recording positive demand fundamentals, with in excess of one million sqm of commercial real estate...

Sustainability

Average panel flat price in capital up HUF 5 mln in a year

The year 2019 on the real estate market started with strong demand, with prices of apartments in communist-era prefab blocks...

Sustainability

Over 50% of Budapest home purchases made for investment

The ratio of those buying a home in Budapest for investment purposes exceeded 50% in the past two months, listed...

Sustainability

CEE to maintain healthy growth in 2019: UniCredit

Central and Eastern Europe is a region with healthy growth and massive potential, UniCredit stated at a workshop hosted at...

Sustainability

Futureal sells Kaiserslautern apartment portfolio

Hungarian-owned CEE real estate developer the Futureal Group is selling its residential portfolio in Kaiserslautern, SW Germany, to a Switzerland-listed...

Sustainability

Cordia takes HUF 16.3 bln loans for residential projects

Futureal Groupʼs residential developer Cordia has announced the conclusion of loans worth HUF 16.3 billion with OTP Bank and Takarékbank,...

Sustainability

Retail lending up in November; home loans slightly down

The retail lending stock of Hungarian banks stood at HUF 6.144 trillion in November 2018, up HUF 32.5 bln from...

Sustainability

OTP Real Estate Buys Corvin Promenade Office Portfolio

Futureal Group has sold its portfolio of Corvin office buildings to the Hungarian OTP Real Estate Investment Fund. The transaction...

Sustainability

Fixed-rate home loans most popular, says OTP

Nine out of 10 home loans granted in September carried a fixed rate, according to data from OTP Bank, with...

Sustainability

Investments up 22% in Q3 2018

Investment volume in Hungary climbed 22.1% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2018, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reported on...

Sustainability

Budapest home market overvaluation risk grows – MNB

The risk of overvaluation on the home market in Budapest has increased, with growth disparities between Budapest and other settlements...

Sustainability

New home prices up 7.6% in first half

Average new home prices rose 7.6% in the first half of 2018 from a year earlier, while the price of...

Sustainability

Home loan outlays continue to moderate in September

Hungarian banks signed contracts for HUF 77.65 billion of new home loans in September, 34.8% more than in the same...

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....

Sustainability

Summer Heatwave Underscores Need for Urban Responsibility

Real estate sustainability is a top-down mindset: if a landlord’s leadership doesn’t walk the walk, employees won’t, and neither will...

Industrial, Sustainability

Demand for Prime Sustainable Industrial Space Remains High

The Central and Eastern European industrial and logistics markets are seen as an attractive development and investment option, with leading...

Sustainability

Allee Achieves Leading Sustainability Performance Among CEE Retail Properties

Allee Shopping Center has achieved a 5-star rating from the internationally recognized GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) system, ranking...

Sustainability

Apollo Tyres Achieves ISCC+ Certification for Hungary Facility,

Apollo Tyres' facility in Hungary has been awarded the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC+) certification, the company tells...

Sustainability

Lightware Reinforces ESG Commitment with Participation in Girls in STEM Day

Lightware continues to strengthen its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives by fostering diversity, inclusion, and community engagement within the...

Sustainability

Schaeffler Expands Solar Park in Szombathely as Part of Climate Strategy

Schaeffler Savaria Kft., the Hungarian subsidiary of the global Schaeffler Group, has expanded its on-site solar park in Szombathely, reinforcing...

Sustainability

Erste Purchase Proves ESG key to Major Investment Deals

ESG issues are becoming central to transactions at the high end of the commercial real estate markets, as exemplified by...

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....

Interior ESG Elements now Central to the Real Estate Industry

ESG interior elements related to building use trends, design, layout, amenities, and property and facility management are now seen as...

Summer Heatwave Underscores Need for Urban Responsibility

Real estate sustainability is a top-down mindset: if a landlord’s leadership doesn’t walk the walk, employees won’t, and neither will...

Cordia Starts Construction of 360° Residential Project

Cordia, part of Hungary’s Futureal Group, is expanding in Spain with the official start of construction of 360° by Cordia,...

Demand for Prime Sustainable Industrial Space Remains High

The Central and Eastern European industrial and logistics markets are seen as an attractive development and investment option, with leading...

ESG Compliance Driving Investment

A sentiment report published by SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) Europe and the University of the Built Environment...

Lurdy Ház Earns BREEAM In-Use ‘Very Good’ Certification

Lurdy Ház in Budapest has now obtained the BREEAM In-Use “Very Good” certification, confirming the complex’s energy-efficient operation and environmentally...

Allee Achieves Leading Sustainability Performance Among CEE Retail Properties

Allee Shopping Center has achieved a 5-star rating from the internationally recognized GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) system, ranking...

Sustainability Pays: International Green Building Week Opens in Hungary

Hungary has joined a growing number of countries participating in International Green Building Week, a global initiative led by the...

ESG Elements Crucial to Sourcing Finance

Commercial lenders have become increasingly influential in shaping ESG practices in the Central European real estate sector, particularly through the...

Apollo Tyres Achieves ISCC+ Certification for Hungary Facility,

Apollo Tyres' facility in Hungary has been awarded the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC+) certification, the company tells...

Lightware Reinforces ESG Commitment with Participation in Girls in STEM Day

Lightware continues to strengthen its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives by fostering diversity, inclusion, and community engagement within the...

Schaeffler Expands Solar Park in Szombathely as Part of Climate Strategy

Schaeffler Savaria Kft., the Hungarian subsidiary of the global Schaeffler Group, has expanded its on-site solar park in Szombathely, reinforcing...

Erste Purchase Proves ESG key to Major Investment Deals

ESG issues are becoming central to transactions at the high end of the commercial real estate markets, as exemplified by...