Sustainability

Hungarians build more new homes in Q1-Q3

The number of newly built homes increased by 14% to a total of 5,307 in the first three quarters of...

Sustainability

Hungary’s homes market recovery demand-driven, says MNB

The recovery on Hungaryʼs homes market over the past year has been supported by a number of demand-side factors, while...

Sustainability

Home savings banks’ share of home loans edges up to 8%

Home savings banksʼ share of overall home loans edged up 1% to a little more than 8% in the first...

Sustainability

Home construction costs in Hungary grow 2.5% in Q2

The cost of home construction in Hungary grew by 2.5% in the second quarter of the year, as compared to...

Sustainability

M&A market remains strong in Hungary, globally

Globally the M&A market remains buoyant, albeit with some softening in the market overall year-on-year, while the Hungarian M&A market...

Sustainability

Residential property sales to keep growing

Signs indicate that the residential property market in Hungary is not only back from the dead, but that it is...

Sustainability

Duna House profit, revenue climb after Polish acquisition

Real estate agency Duna Houseʼs first-half after-tax profit reached HUF 940 million, more than doubling from HUF 422 mln in...

Sustainability

New home sales set to reach 20-25,000 in mid-term

Hungaryʼs market for new homes could boom next year, with new home sales potentially reaching 20-25,000 by 2019, Dávid Valkó,...

Sustainability

MNB foundations buy office plots for €55 mln

The Pallas Athena Foundations of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) have acquired three plots on the office corridor of...

Sustainability

Demand for homes over HUF 60 mln edges up

Sales of homes priced at over HUF 60 million, or about €200,000, accounted for a little more than 4% of...

Sustainability

Almost 15% of households paying off home loans

About 14.5% of Hungarian households – some 560,000 in absolute terms – are currently paying off home loans, a survey...

Sustainability

CBRE: H1 property investment exceeds 2015 total

As in most countries in the CEE region, real estate investment volume in Hungary in the first half of this...

Sustainability

KSH: Average home in Hungary worth HUF 12 mln

The average home in Hungary was worth an estimated HUF 11.9 million in the fourth quarter of last year, according...

Sustainability

Number of home loans rises dramatically in H1

Banks gave out HUF 213 billion in home loans in Hungary in the first half of this year, a significant...

Sustainability

Analyst: Government incentives boost home construction

The increase in the number of newly built homes and permits for dwelling construction announced today was fueled in part...

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...

Sustainability

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...

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...