The practice » group's activities cover, primarily, commercial and industrial real estates, but we also assist during the sale and purchase of residential properties. Our area of expertise includes the preparation and negotiation of real estate purchase agreements, real estate lease agreements, as well as participation in the establishment of call options, other rights and encumbrances on real estates. We assist both in direct real estate transactions (asset deals) and in property-related share purchase transactions (share deals). In our construction-related practice area, we regularly turn to the collateral management or performance expert body (TSzSz).
OUR LATEST POSTS
The issue of purchasing loan-encumbered real estates will be solved
Éva Kovács | 19 March 2025
The new Real Estate Registration Act that came into effect in January restructured the system for registering properties purchased in installments or subject to conditions, and introduced the so-called buyer's right. However, since January, there has been considerable debate regarding whether the buyer's right can be registered on properties involved in bank financing (and therefore under alienation and encumbrance prohibition). A recently enacted amendment to the law, however, resolves this issue.
Is stamp duty based on the net or the gross? We seem to be getting close to an answer.
Levente Bihari | 25 January 2023
If a property price includes VAT, the question often arises as to whether the gross or the net purchase price should be indicated as the market value of the property for stamp duty purposes. Even if it hasn’t been officially announced yet, it does seem we’re getting closer to an answer – and the good news is, it looks like the net price will win out.
