Sustainability

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....

Sustainability

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...

Sustainability

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...

Sustainability

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

Duna House: Home sales stable in November

More than 10,550 homes changed hands in Hungary in November, almost unchanged from the same month in 2014, real estate...

Sustainability

KSH: Investments in Hungary down 3.4% in Q3

The volume of investments in Hungaryʼs national economy was down 3.4% in the third quarter as compared to the high...

Sustainability

Duna House IPO ends without result

Hungarian real estate broker Duna House on Friday announced that its initial public offering was without result, as it failed...

Sustainability

Duna House IPO suspended

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) suspended an initial public offering of shares of real estate broker Duna House Holding...

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...

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...

Sustainability

Erste Purchase Proves ESG key to Major Investment Deals

ESG issues are becoming central to transactions at the high end of the commercial real estate markets, as exemplified by...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Erste Purchase Proves ESG key to Major Investment Deals

ESG issues are becoming central to transactions at the high end of the commercial real estate markets, as exemplified by...