Sustainability

Chinese interest on the rise for Hungarian homes

Real estate prices are rising Europe-wide and this trend is expected to continue for several years in Hungary, too. But...

Sustainability

Chinese keen to buy real estate in Hungary

The Chinese are showing a growing interest in buying real estate in Hungary. Last year 40% more Chinese were searching...

Sustainability

Average Budapest homes price tops HUF 500,000 per sqm

House prices in Budapest exceed the level recorded at end of 2008 by 51%, but in certain regions of Hungary...

Sustainability

Residential property market upswing continues

The housing market in Hungary shows signs of change: although the number of sold residential properties has decreased, prices have...

Sustainability

New home prices up 8.2% in Q1

Continuing a trend of more than four years, average new home prices rose 8.2% in the first half of 2017,...

Sustainability

Home loan outlays jump 26% in H1

Home loan outlays rose by 26% in the first half of 2017 compared to the equivalent period of 2016, reaching...

Sustainability

Robust Growth on Real Estate Market Destined to Continue

The overall picture couldn’t be better on the Hungarian real estate market: Capital keeps flowing in and investing promises handsome...

Sustainability

CSOK subsidies popular, but construction lags behind

Some 46,000 applications for funding under the governmentʼs expanded Home Purchase Subsidy Scheme for Families, known by its Hungarian acronym...

Sustainability

Hungarians target more expensive homes, says research

Within one year, the demand for new and renovated homes has significantly grown in Hungary. Cheap credit and state subsidies...

Sustainability

CEE labor force to return from U.K., Colliers predicts

The U.K.’s planned 2019 exit from the EU will trigger a massive return of citizens to Central and Eastern Europe...

Sustainability

Budapest landlords enjoy high returns on rented property

Gross returns on rental of residential property exceeded 7% in both Budapest and several Hungarian cities with universities. This is...

Sustainability

Home loan outlays at multi-year high in June

Hungarian banks signed contracts for HUF 66.8 billion of new home loans in June, 37.4% more than in the same...

Sustainability

Both new dwellings and permits grow in H1

Some 46% new dwellings were built in the first half of 2017, as compared to the same period a year...

Sustainability

Investors spent EUR 795 mln in Hungary’s commercial real estate market in H1

After an outstanding investment market performance in 2016 with EUR 1.54 billion invested, investors have already spent EUR 795 million...

Sustainability

Hungary’s investments grow 34% in Q1

The volume of investments in the Hungarian economy grew by 34% in the first quarter of the year, as compared...

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

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...

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...

Sustainability, Residential

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,...

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

ESG Compliance Driving Investment

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

Sustainability

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...

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

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...