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Dramatic Increase In Holiday Homes In Bulgaria H1 2007 Colliers 11/03/2008
The total number of holiday home units in Bulgaria “increased dramatically” over the first half of 2007, a Colliers Bulgaria report showed. Supply of holiday homes in the mountain resorts increased by 52 per cent with more than 10 000 new apartments offered in the market. Nearly 80 per cent of new apartments were built in the Bansko resort and the area. Another 13 500 newly built apartments were offered for sale in the coastal resorts over the same period, amounting to a 39 per cent increase, the report said. More than one third of these new holiday homes were built in Sunny Beach. The total number of holiday homes in June 2007 exceeded 76 500. Supply continued to exceed the demand. Sales prices of resort apartments remained unchanged, between 800 and 1700 euro per sq m.... more

Swiss Properties Continues Construction In Irakli Despite Ban 10/03/2008
Although authorities recently suspended construction of a holiday complex in Irakli-Emine because the area was a Natura 2000 protected area, the developers, Swiss Properties, have not ceased construction works, propertywisebulgaria.com said. Trees have been cut down and the Vaya river banks has been destroyed to prepare the terrain for the construction of hotels, Nadezhda Maximova from the "Save Irakli" environmental organisation told Dnevnik Daily. The area owned by Swiss Properties formed 20 per cent of the future Natura 2000 ecological network zone of Irakli-Emine, environmentalists said. "The Nessebar municipality had destroyed the area by issuing constructing permits and now the country would have to pay the inevitable fines to the European Union," they said. Ecologists... more