Sustainability

Sustainability

Balaton home prices more resistant to market fluctuations

Following the financial crisis, housing prices near Lake Balaton did not decline to the same degree as they did on...

Sustainability

Rise in home prices still ‘sustainable,’ says MNB

The increase in home prices across Hungary is still "sustainable," although the market in Budapest needs to be "monitored closely,"...

Sustainability

Rise in home prices still ‘sustainable’, says MNB

The increase in home prices across Hungary is still "sustainable", though the market in Budapest needs to be "monitored closely",...

Sustainability

Duna House AGM approves HUF 479 mln in dividends

Shareholders at Thursdayʼs annual general meeting of listed real estate agency Duna House approved a proposal to pay out dividends...

Sustainability

CBRE expects all-time high investment volume this year

Hungarian property investors appear to be optimistic about the market’s future this year, expecting an all-time high investment volume, according...

Sustainability

Hungarian householdsʼ tangible assets top HUF 58 tln

Hungarian householdsʼ tangible assets, including real estate, vehicles, stakes in businesses and objects of value, added up to HUF 58.267...

Sustainability

40,000 families use CSOK home purchase subsidies

Some 40,000 Hungarian families have availed themselves of more than HUF 102 billion in home purchase subsidies since the government...

Sustainability

Diófa closes HUF 9 bln business park transaction

Diófa Asset Management has closed the transaction for the South Pest Business Park for HUF 9 billion, with Wing Zrt....

Sustainability

Fundamenta-Lakáskassza profit drops to HUF 5.3 bln on IT developments

Home savings bank Fundamenta-Lakáskasszaʼs consolidated after-tax profit fell about 18% to HUF 5.3 billion last year because of IT developments,...

Sustainability

Hungarian hotel investments drop in 2016, will speed up in 2017

The Hungarian hospitality market saw EUR 27.5 million of hotel investments in 2016, a spectacular drop from 2015’s EUR 76...

Sustainability

Stats show further recovery of Hungary’s housing market

The Hungarian housing market saw further recovery with the number of new dwellings built, home construction permits issued, and simple...

Sustainability

Appeninn Holding increases subsidiary’s capital

Appeninn Vagyonkezelő Holding Nyrt., a Budapest Stock Exchange-listed real estate investment company founded in 2009, has increased the capital of...

Sustainability

Rise in home prices accelerates in Q3, says MNB

Home prices rose about 5.7% in nominal terms nationwide in Hungary from the second to the third quarter of 2016,...

Sustainability

At least 14,000 new homes expected in Hungary in 2017

This year is expected to be dominated by home buildings, with a total of 14,000-16,000 homes expected to be created...

Sustainability

List of capitalʼs desirable addresses shows shift from Buda to Pest

Buda and District II are becoming less popular, while downtown Pest and District V are gaining in desirability, according to...

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...