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REAL ESTATE

This is a practice that is easy to like, as the results are physically present, visible and tangible. We tend not to overcomplicate the matters with a rigid legalistic approach: if we raise a problem, it is certain that we are about to suggest a solution as well. Most real estate transactions also have tax implications: this is the area where we are most in our element.
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OUR LATEST POSTS

Éva Kovács

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.

Levente Bihari

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.