Rents In Bulgarias Capital Rose By Four Per Cent In Three Months 12/03/2008
Average residential rental prices in Sofia rose by nearly four per cent between the beginning of June and the end of August 2007, according to Industry Watch (IW) research. Small apartments in Sofia had the highest rental price per sq m, investor.bg reported. The selling price per sq m of small apartments is higher than that of large apartments. Small apartments are preferred in both the cheap and the more expensive market segment, given that costs such as heating make it more expensive to live in a bigger apartment. more

British Should Be Careful When Investing In Property In Bulgaria Agents 12/03/2008
Investment in British property offered higher return rates and lower risk than a similar deal concluded in Bulgaria, representatives of the British consultancy agency Assetz said. On Friday October 27 the agency presented research on the property investment opportunities in Bulgaria, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. In the past months the situation in Bulgaria began to change. The annual credit growth decreased significantly from 36 per cent in 2005 to 13.9 per cent in September 2006. Prices of property located in attractive regions, like Bansko winter resort, decreased during the second quarter of 2006, agents said. Over-supply furthered competition between property owners, which also affected prices. Bulgaria’s rapidly developing tourism sector could not cope with this... more

British Property Seekers See Bulgaria As Fourth Most Attractive Destination 12/03/2008
Bulgaria ranks fourth among the destinations where British prefer to buy property. Increasing number of British looking for a second home abroad preferred places with sunny and warm climate, the Government’s Survey of English Housing said as quoted by The Guardian. Over the past 10 years the property British citizens bought abroad increased by 300 per cent, BGNES news agency reported. Until recently Spain and France ranked among the most preferred property purchase destinations. A new tendency was noticeable. British were now looking for property in countries like Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. British property seekers saw the purchase of a house abroad as a personal investment. The report said that nearly two per cent of all British owned property in... more