Real Estate

New building acts in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. A purely coincidental similarity?

A simple, fast, and digital building procedure – this is what the new building acts on both sides of the Czech-Slovak border promise today. How are they similar and how do they differ? The fiction of consent, black buildings, digitalisation, the decision makers – check with us for how to build in Slovakia and the Czech Republic according to the new building regulations.

František Korbel, Jiří Buryan a Ondřej Majer · 12 January 2026

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Architectural gems and cultural footprint

We like doing projects with an overlap – we help develop culture, education and architecture through legal advice.

The real estate market in Czechia and Slovakia

Challenges, trends, and opportunities

What is the development of the real estate market in Czechia and its South Moravian region? What are the challenges that are shaping the future of real estate in Slovakia? A report from the October Real Estate Forum in Brno and the second edition of the Slovak Real Estate Vision & Trends conference in Bratislava.

Building Your Dream Home. A Step-by-Step Guide to the Building Permit Procedure

In July 2024, the Czech Republic implemented a new Building Act, heralded as a revolution that would streamline the permitting process and reduce bureaucratic red tape. However, the transition to this new system has been anything but smooth, plagued by significant complications. So what is the current state of applying for a building permit? We will explore this using the example of a family house.

František Korbel, Jiří Buryan a Filip Miler · 13 January 2025

Trends, vision, future

What is and will be the real estate market in the Czech Republic and Slovakia?

How much will apartments in Brno cost and how will the gradual interest rates cuts affect the South Moravian real estate market? Investors, architects, and representatives of real estate funds discussed this and other trends in real estate and construction at the Real Estate Forum, which we, together with HAVEL & PARTNERS, organized for the fifth time in Brno in the autumn of 2023. The topic of the first year of the Slovak Real Estate Vision & Trends conference in Bratislava was rental housing and its future in Slovakia.

The future of real estate is green. How the rules of the game are changing

The European Union has undertaken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. What are the implications for the real estate and construction industry? Buildings will have to be greener and comply with new legal requirements that the EU is adopting on its journey towards carbon neutrality. Here is our overview of the requirements.

Data, digitisation and sustainability are driving the real estate market

The real estate market has been coping with significant changes in recent months, dictated mainly by high interest rates and the energy crisis. The big topics for developers are therefore financing, sustainability, and digitisation.

Architectural competitions – a choice for investors with ambitions

On average, 50 public architectural competitions and dozens of private competitions are held in the Czech Republic every year. This is the way to achieve a quality and ambitious project, and not only for structures in public space.

Josef Hlavička a Kamila Kulhánková · 10 January 2022

Real estate spiral in Brno – prices climbing upwards

New apartments in Brno are becoming more expensive than in Prague. Their prices have doubled in the Moravian capital in the last five years. Developers, architects, investors and representatives of real estate funds and consulting firms discussed the reasons for this and how the market situation in the South Moravian region will continue to develop at the Real Estate Forum 2021.

Online building proceedings – Can we do without papers too?

The new Building Code eventually allows for the digitisation of building proceedings. The aim is to develop a digital system that will facilitate building proceedings so that there is no longer a need to go around to offices as everything can be handled electronically from anywhere. Are we finally in for a revolution? Will we no longer have to run around to offices with a handful of papers and collect stamps?

František Korbel a Jiří Buryan · 13 September 2021

Turbulence on the real estate market. What to expect next?

The real estate market in the 2008–2009 period was facing the worst economic downturn since the end of the WWII. How did it manage to get over the crisis, how has the structure of owners and investors changed, and what new forms of investments have sprung up?

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Sekyra Group

A developer that gives cities a new look

The projects of the development company Sekyra Group have a long-term vision. In cooperation with leading architects, including the world-renowned architect Eva Jiřičná, Sekyra Group is developing new modern and functional residential districts that give cities a modern look and improve people’s quality of life.