Hungarian real estate is no less worthy than Poland’s

Tuesday, 3 January 2012, 8:00 The merger of CA Immo and Europolis was finalized at the beginning of this year. As a result, CA Immo’s domestic department is now managing two logistic centers in addition to their office portfolio. We interviewed Managing Director of CA Immo in...

What does the future hold? Year in review

Thursday, 22 December 2011, 8:00 2011 is done and gone. Although there were some optimistic real estate market players when the crisis first erupted, none expected recovery by this year. Unfortunately, thanks to the serial and rippling effects of the crises, those who forecast a drawn...

We managed to go even lower: Real estate’s TOP stories 2011

Monday, 19 December 2011, 8:00 Since 2008 real estate market players Many people’s worst nightmare is about to come true this year because it is blaring obvious 2010 was not about the way out, but rather a deepening of the crisis. At the end of last year, we already were discussing...

Real estate market stagnation continues on

Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 9:00 The Budapest office market status remains tittered, shaky on the high wire, and participants in the panel discussion on the office market at Portfolio.hu’s 7th Investment Forum say the coming year may very well be spent in stagnation, with no changes...

Real estate funds see increase in assets

Monday, 12 December 2011, 12:00 Although the state of the domestic real estate market is far from favorable, domestic real estate funds realized a positive yield this year, all in all, a result that is further indicated by a 4% increase on the BIX index, a report that reflects the real...

Energy efficiency program combats the effects of the crisis

Friday, 9 December 2011, 9:30 The British government recently announced a building renovation program, the likes of which have never been seen before in the history of the world. Apparently, the United Kingdom is the place to be for huge savings and amazing business opportunities.

Green revolution: Has the real estate sector become more environmentally conscious?

Thursday, 1 December 2011, 9:00 Why have office buildings and shopping centers with green certificates done so well in Hungary? What is motivating their developers? Are we talking about a simple, short-term trend or is this process unstoppable?

Diversification decreasing

Monday, 14 November 2011, 15:45 The amount of new capital calculated for the world economy which can be used on the investment market for commercial properties has decreased by nearly 4%, to USD 316 billion. Funds are more likely to seek those places where their capital works hard...

Credit market at risk

Thursday, 10 November 2011, 8:00 With the end of summer vacation here, economic policies aimed at helping those with foreign currency debt have become more numerous and rapid. The government’s taboo-breaking, and not at all usual, measures offer many debtors unparalleled opportunities...

Expactations for the office market

Friday, 4 November 2011, 8:00 Will anything positive happen this year on the domestic office market? Do you expect visible improvement or deterioration of any area of the submarket? What would the Hungarian office market need to be able to pick up and at least show signs of stagnation?...

Quickly changing regulations

Thursday, 20 October 2011, 9:30 Since 2008 real estate market players might have gotten used to the day-by-day changes of the economic environment; phenomena and trends which previously seemed irrelevant came to the forefront in an instant. State bankruptcies, downgrading, news of the...

We keep waiting for resurrection

Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 9:45 When the financial crisis began, many predicted that by the middle or end of this year the news would be about a recovery on the Hungarian office market. Despite those optimistic expectations, the pressure on the office market is far from over and the...

The show must go on

Friday, 16 September 2011, 8:00 How can you cut costs in facility management? Which are the most promising FM markets in CEE? Interview with Vincent Vallois, international development director of French group Atalian.

Is a new crisis hanging over us? We are at the crossroads

Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 9:40 After all the years of scarcity, an explicit growth could be seen at the end of last year and the beginning of this year in both the European and the regional real estate investment markets. The news kept coming about investors starting to buy premium...

Developments require environmental impact studies more than ever before

Friday, 1 July 2011, 8:00 Zoltán Várkonyi, MRICS, Adviron Environmental Consulting Kft.

Sustainable costs for sustainable buildings

Thursday, 2 June 2011, 8:00 One of the most serious considerations (other than its purchase price) for an office, retail shop, or, for any kind of property, basically, is the cost of maintaining it. Utilities (in other words, the cost of operations) is a long-term commitment and...

Anyone can go green, if they want to: Almost everything depends on the operators

Monday, 30 May 2011, 9:00 Energy efficient, environmentally conscious, sustainable thinking is spreading quickly in the real estate market, too, and “green” evaluation systems can be found already in use at many properties, not only in newly built buildings. One of...

Sustainability above all else

Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 10:00 Always keep to the green path and go greenThe “greats” in London have kicked off their green competition just this past year and both PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PwC) and KPMG have chosen (for their employees in the United Kingdom) headquarters...

Is there undetected movement on the real estate sector?

Monday, 23 May 2011, 9:00 Although it comes as no great surprise, a dead silence continues to dominate the Hungarian real estate investment market. Despite the fact that the sector appears to be some sort of sleeping beauty, could it be that some players are mobilizing, unnoticed...

The quick fish will survive

Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 12:00 After an extended break, DTZ’s Hungarian office once again has a managing director. The new director, Balázs Czifra, had been working at the company for nine years before moving on to Segro, but has now returned. We asked DTZ’s new leader...

Modernization in progress

Thursday, 28 April 2011, 9:00 The Budapest office market’s actual stock already exceeded 3 million square meters (sqm) (currently it’s at around 3.1 million sqm). However, due to the A-category office stock vacancy rate of 25% (rather high in a regional comparison), market...

Ideas for building Budapest

Tuesday, 26 April 2011, 10:00 Budapest’s financial situation is common knowledge, so, the question is: What types of investment would be worth realizing in Budapest, given its limited financial resources, that may prove profitable, provided their added value?

Continuous restructuring: Market reform tags real estate agents

Monday, 11 April 2011, 8:00 The pool of Hungarian realtors has also undergone an enormous change over the past two years. The market cut backs and the drastic drop in sales and purchase activity following the crisis did not just affect small players on the market negatively, it...

Improving Budapest's position

Monday, 28 March 2011, 9:30 What are the primary goals and functions of Studio Metropolitana under the new managament? Is Budapest behind the region in terms of city marketing? Interview with Elemér Eszter, the newly appointed managing director of Studio Metropolitana (SM).