Sustainability

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

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...

Sustainability

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...