The legal practice analyser group of the Curia (i.e. the Hungarian supreme court) published a summarizing opinion on the judicial practice of the possession protection cases initiated before Hungarian notaries.

The establishment and renovation of shopping centers will be governed by stricter rules according to a new regulation approved in the summer 2018.

The first Hungarian BIM Handbook has been prepared and published on the website of Lechner Tudásközpont on 22 June 2018, free of charge.

Dentons' Budapest office has recently published its first "Doing Business in Hungary" guide. This comprehensive guide for foreign investors is designed to advise and assist companies looking

In order to create an integrated system for high volume public construction investments, the Hungarian Government has adopted a new legislation.

While few would have predicted it just a short while ago, Airbnb's rapid expansion in the Hungarian short-term rental market may soon come to a halt.

The procedure for requesting an exemption from the current ban on building retail units bigger than 300m2 (whether new-builds or extensions) has now been announced.

Hungary, renowned for its architectural heritage, is on the verge of a major transformation in architecture and construction.

Then the VAT rate was again increased to 27% for new residential projects, leading to a decline, and from February 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic caused a further downturn.

The official language of the tenders will be Russian, but this should not present an obstacle as US and European companies usually participate in tenders of Atomstroy export.

This mostly occurs in the case of high volume projects where more than one general contractor performs construction work in parallel on the construction site ("multiple contractors").

From 1 January 2012, an energy certificate must be produced when buildings are sold or let.

The contractors are still generally punished under the commonly used contracting mechanisms in Hungary instead of being motivated, although in Western Europe contractual clauses facilitating...

If there is no technical possibility to provide the required parking lots, they should be redeemed from the local municipality.

Parliament has banned the construction of retail units bigger than 300m2, whether new-builds or extensions, between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2014.

Under the Hungarian Civil Code, neighbours are required to refrain from any conduct that would needlessly disturb others, especially their neighbours, or jeopardize the exercise of their rights.

In a classical sense, a "greenfield investment" is the construction of a new industrial unit in a territory previously used as agricultural area.

January 2024 – With the adoption in 2023 of Act C on Hungarian Architecture (the "New Legislation"), Hungary's parliament amended several laws affecting the real estate sector...

While the Budapest construction scene is awaiting signs of recovery and an increase of development activities, new stories may no longer be written with pen and paper.

Építési kivitelezési szerződések tárgyalása és a kivitelezés folyamata során sokszor tapasztalt probléma a többletmunka és a pótmunka fogalmának félreértett alkalmazása, amely hosszú...