Sustainability

Sustainability

Real estate prices will keep rising, says GKI

Real estate prices are set to rise across the board nationally in the next 12 months, with prices of resale...

Sustainability

Parliament votes to phase out subsidies on home savings bank deposits

Az expected, Parliament voted on Tuesday to phase out state subsidies on deposits at home savings banks. The motion was...

Sustainability

CEE market the fastest growing in EU, says research

New research by Skanska, CBRE, Dentons, and PwC investigates the state of the CEE investment market, revealing that growth in...

Sustainability

Future of 5% VAT on residential properties in Hungary

The reduced 5% VAT rate on residential properties undeniably played an important role in strengthening the real estate industry. Although...

Sustainability

Dentons advises NEPI Rockcastle on Mammut deal

Law firm Dentons advised South African-listed real estate investor and developer NEPI Rockcastle on the acquisition of 100% of Mammut...

Sustainability

Strong Investment Predicted for H2

JLL forecasts that CEE regional investment volume will reach or exceed EUR 12 million, in line with 2016 and 2017...

Sustainability

Home loan outlays high, but below June peak

Hungarian banks signed contracts for HUF 82.9 billion of new home loans in July, 43.6% more than in the same...

Sustainability

Budapest home prices skyrocket year-on-year

Compared to August last year, home prices per square meter in Budapest have risen on average 20%, but there is...

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Home market ʼeuphoric,ʼ says GKI

The GKI real estate index and the Budapest index rose in July both in year-on-year terms and compared to the...

Sustainability

Home building permit issues down in H1 2018

The number of home building permits issued in the first half of 2018 fell 8.9% from the equivalent period a...

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Chinese spend HUF 40 million per home in Hungary

New home prices continue to grow in Hungary, rising by 8.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, a market survey by...

Sustainability

German Funds Play Central Role in Commercial Real Estate Investment Market

German institutional investors helped drive the development of Budapestʼs commercial real estate market, only to disappear from the scene in...

Sustainability

Hungarian Investment Market Suffers From Lack of Product

Investment volumes for the first half year are considered to be disappointing, although a number of deals have been pushed...

Sustainability

New home shortage expected from 2021

Takarék Mortgage Bank, previously known as FHB Mortgage Bank, expects home prices to continue rising this year, but the pace...

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...