Property Deals Worth 10 Billion Euro Completed In Bulgaria 13/03/2008
The actual value of property deals completed in Bulgaria for 2006 is expected to reach between 9.5 and 10 billion euro, National Real Property Association president Orlin Vladikov said. The number of property deals in the country in 2006 would probably be known by mid-January 2007, he said. According to initial predictions the number of deals will reach 280 000. The figure represents an increase of 22 to 25 per cent, as compared to the number of deals completed the previous year. Official notarial act data showed that property deals in Bulgaria totaled nearly five billion euro, 24 Chassa daily said. The sum was nearly half billion euro higher than the figures for 2005. Experts said that the Bulgarian property market was very dynamic in December, as a result of... more

Rents In Sofia From Steady High To High Up 17/07/2008
In the six month period from the beginning of the year, rental rates for residential property have increased, website investor.bg said, quoting brokers from various agencies. The professionals, however, have not been unanimous in their prognoses of how the situation would change in the second half of the year. Some say that further increase is to be expected, others do not anticipate changes.Representatives from real estate company Orange Estates predicted 10 to 20 per cent rent increase until the end of 2008, considering that according to the agency's survey, for the first six months rents have gone up close to 30 per cent. The statistics show that compared to last year, rents in Sofia boroughs Lozenets, Studentski Grad (Students' town), and Vitosha have shot up by 40 per cent, Orange... more

More Highly Skilled Brits Moving To Live Abroad 18/03/2008
Has Britain lost its greatness, has the unity been lost from this United Kingdom of ours, or is it simply a fact that the government is taxing us harder and that we’re being forced to work longer hours for less – less money, less job security and less personal freedom? Because something, somewhere in this nation of ours has gone very seriously wrong indeed. According to the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development, (OECD), the number of Britons relocating overseas has soared to record highs not seen for fifty years.  And what’s even more significant about the OECD findings is that more highly skilled Brits are moving to live abroad creating something of a brain drain and a gulf in terms of the numbers of qualified individuals available in Britain to fill key medical,... more