Sustainability

Sustainability

Budapest fifth most popular logistics location in CEE

Budapest was ranked fifth among the best logistics locations in Central and Eastern Europe, according to research published in “Logistics...

Sustainability

Hungarian real estate index reaches nine-year peak

GKI-MGYOSZ’s Hungarian real estate market indices were up in January by an average of nearly three points, as compared to...

Sustainability

CBRE: Offices boost commercial real estate market in 2015

Rentals of office buildings were significant over the last year, constituting 50% of all traffic in the Hungarian commercial real...

Sustainability

JLL: Commercial real estate market booms in 2015

The Hungarian commercial real estate market reached the highest volume last year, since 2007 with approximately €790 million in transactions,...

Sustainability

Government plans to scrap HUF 30 mln price cap on subsidized home loans

The Hungarian government is expected to decide today on whether it will scrap the HUF 30 million price cap for...

Sustainability

The Budapest real estate market is alive

Lawyers also hope the positive mood goes beyond “Airbnb enthusiasm” and will be steady in the Budapest real estate market....

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Duna House: One fifth of borrowers avail of new home subsidies in December

Around 21.5% of home buyers who took out a loan to finance the purchase also used funds available through the...

Sustainability

Hungary’s real estate investment volume up 61% in 2015

Hungary’s real estate investments were up by 61% in year-on-year terms in 2015, and are foreseen to rise further this...

Sustainability

Pre-fab home building market faces labor shortage

A reduction in the home construction VAT rate has boosted orders for pre-fabricated homes, but a shortage of Hungarians with...

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Duna House: Home prices rise slowly in Q4

The price of homes in Hungary continued to rise in the fourth quarter of last year, however, at a slower...

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Investments boost resale home purchases in 2015

Hungary’s resale home purchases are expected to reach 155,000 this year, an increase of 30% as compared to the previous...

Sustainability

Reduced VAT to double number of newly-built homes

The reduction of VAT on the construction of new homes, set to drop from 27% to 5%, is likely to...

Sustainability

Minister: Home construction VAT could drop to 5% in 2016

In the event that the Hungarian Parliament passes a proposal for lowering the VAT rate of home construction from 27%...

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Government to raise capital of Eximbank

The government has ordered HUF 10.9 bln to be regrouped within the government budget to raise the registered capital of...

Sustainability

Fundamenta projects 35-40% increase in new home loans this year

Home savings bank Fundamenta expects the volume of its new home loans to rise 35-40% this year to HUF 330...

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...