Over the next six months, new European standards, regulating real estate agencies, are to be adopted by all Bulgarian real estate agents, according to Maya Staneva, Director of the Bulgarian Institute for Standards. Staneva spoke during a national conference-discussion covering the current issues in the Bulgarian real estate sector.
The new real estate standards have been worked on for the last three years and they are currently at the final ratification stage in all member countries of the European Union, including Bulgaria. Read more…
New business property in Bulgaria has increased by a minimal amount in the first half of 2008. However several large scale office development are expected to enter the market over the next two years according to Raiffeisen Bulgarian Real Estate.
The market for retail and commercial Bulgarian properties remains stable and should see strong growth in the medium and the long term. It is estimated that foreign direct investments in the Bulgarian real estate market have declined by over 30% in the first six months over the year. Read more…
Israeli and Bulgarian real estate company Melina will start work next week on its €65M real estate development in Plovdiv city center. The Markovo Tepe Mall will contain a mix of retail and business properties with an area of 8500m2.
The main project contractor will be Turkish company Intertek who is well experienced in the Bulgarian real estate market. Forton International will arrange the market and rental of the complex. Read more…
Bulgarian real estate company ERA has predicted a 15% increase in the prices of Bulgarian real estate during 2008. ERA says, the number of Bulgaria real estate deals during 2007 grew between 4% and 5%. Around 25% of the deals were made by overseas investors. 2 bedroom apartments with an approx area of 60m2 remain the most popular type of Bulgarian real estate. The annual increase of in mortgage credits is estimated at 62%, compared to an average increase of around 7% in the Eurozone area. Read more…
Bulgaria real estate prices increases 8.8% quarter-on-quarter in Q4 2007 with annual growth reaching 35%, Industry Watch said in their latest Bulgaria property market. The Industry Watch data is in line with figures reported by international real estate consultancies showing the Bulgaria real estate market as the world’s biggest gainer in 2007. Knight Frank has reported a 34% rise in Bulgaria property prices, a growth margin that has been largely unchanged in the last two years. However, price growth is expected to ease to 15% in 2008. Read more…
Contrary to recent rumours that the Bulgarian real estate market is not so attractive to foreign investors any more, Andrew Regan, a Scottish online freelance author, comments that the Bulgarian real estate boom shows no signs of abating. “Bulgaria’s expected adoption of the Euro in 2011 means that investors need to move quickly to snap up the best deals. Bulgaria’s recent accession to the European Union has vastly increased its attractiveness to British holidaymakers as well as investment property buyers. Bulgarian real estate experts also predict an even greater demand for Bulgarian property when Bulgaria adopts the Euro in 2011,” the author said. Read more…
Bulgaria set up a special body that is to work for equalizing the Bulgarian real estate standards to those of the other EU member states, an independent branch organization announced Friday. The new committee is to regulate the activities of the Bulgarian real estate agencies and will help to diminish grey economy in the sphere, chair of the Bulgarian Real Estate Association Lachezar Iskrov said. Head of the regulatory body was elected Asen Makedonov, who is manager of one of the biggest Bulgarian real estate companies in the country. Read more…
Foreign property investor interest in Bulgaria property will rise by 40 per cent for 2008, according to the forecasts of Bulgarian real estate consultants.An increased level of proficiency and boosted quality of customer service will guarantee Bulgaria property its ranking among the top three preferred destinations for real estate investment throughout Europe, officials from the Moscow subsidiary of international real estate consultants BG Estates Worldwide declared following the 17th international property exhibition, DomExpo, held in the Russian capital. Read more…
Greece’s Gek Group, active in construction, Bulgaria real estate and energy, will invest 72 mln euro in a multi-venue sports and amusement complex in the town of Samokov, located 50 km from Sofia and 10 km from Borovets ski resort at an altitude of 950 m. InvestBulgaria Agency, the local investment promotion authority, has granted a First Class Investor certificate to the Greek company. Read more…
Foreign individuals and companies bought Bulgarian real estate worth EUR 310 M in the first three months of 2007, the latest Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) data shows. The figure is a 63% increase over the same period of last year, when foreign buyers paid EUR 190 M for real estate in the country. Bulgaria real estate buys accounted for nearly 40% of all foreign direct investment in January-March, helping offset flagging inflows, according to the BNB figures. Read more…
