Balaton Property Market: Where Did Foreign Buyers Go?
Updated August 2026. What changed this year: after a decade of German, Austrian and Dutch buyers at the lake, agents logged a single foreign purchase in the first seven months of 2026, and Hungarian buyers now set the price. We brought in our grape harvest this...
Basement Flat in Budapest: What You Can Legally Do
Updated July 2026. What changed this year: on 22 July 2026 the government confirmed it will not relax the rules. Those rules keep most below-grade spaces off the legal housing market, despite a tight supply of flats. My first place after leaving home was a basement...
Közös Költség: Common Costs in Hungary
If you’ve ever looked at a property listing in Hungary, you’ve probably come across közös költség, or common costs. It’s a monthly fee paid towards the running of an apartment building, but what it actually includes depends entirely on the building....
The Balaton Boom Is Over. Now What?
Lake Balaton property is entering a new phase. The post-pandemic buying frenzy has cooled, demand has fallen sharply from its peak, and buyers are behaving differently than they were just a few years ago. Yet the most interesting shift is not the slowdown itself. It...
I’m Anikó Woods, a Canadian-Hungarian who’s been knee-deep in life here since 2017 - bureaucracy, culture, and everything in between.