Bulgaria property can be a great investment as long as buyers are prepared to wait for their property to appreciate in value, media in the UK claim. Director of Bulgaria property firm Knight International Jon Hill said that while it would take a few years for Bulgaria apartments and homes to appreciate, prices seemed to be moving up all the time.Although people should consider their individual circumstances when choosing where to buy, those buying merely for investment purposes could consider purchasing in Sofia or Borovets, he advised, as this was “an extremely good place to buy Bulgaria property at the moment”. Read more…
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Bulgarian properties outstrip forecasts
Prices for Bulgarian properties rose 10-15% in January and February 2007, a growth rate previously expected to be achieved over the full-year period, said local real estate agents.The Bulgarian properties market seems to have skipped the traditional January lull and business is as dynamic as December, said Tihomir Tsakov, the owner of the Aristo real estate agency which operates exclusively in Sofia. The momentum from the back-end of 2006 has carried over into the first months of 2007, said Valentin Gradev from the Varna-based Gradev Bulgarian real estate agency. The Bulgarian real estate agent said the buyers were still keen to take advantage of Bulgarian properties prices which continue to lag EU levels. The same argument is used by sellers to jack up their price offers. Read more…
Equest takes investment in Super Borovets project
Investment fund Equest Balkan will acquire a stake on the development company behind expanding Borovets ski resort. The starting investment with be around 15 million euros and will result in the 51% shareholding. The company is acquiring the stake from Bulgarian construction company Glavbolgarstroi who just last year purchased the holding from the estate of the former banker Emil Kulev Read more…
Bulgarian Real Estate Investment fund Equest considering majority stake in Borovets project
Bulgarian real estate investment fund Equest Balkan is in talks with construction company Glavbolgarstroi to take a take in the company setup to expand and develop Borovets ski resort. Equest is currently debating at board level how to proceed and it is expect to sign a contract with Glavbolgarstroi which will confirm Equest as the majority shareholder in the Super Borovets project Georgi Krumov the director of Equest stated that they required a majority shareholding in order to be able raise the necessary financing for the Bulgarian real estate project. The result depends on a decision from Samokov municipality to confirm the transfer of Emil Kulevs land into the Rila-Samokov 2004 holding company. Read more…
Bulgaria property attracting new investors on the back of good returns
The latest real estate news after Bulgaria’s first month as part of the EU is that typically conservative investors like pension and insurance companies are starting to take interest in the Bulgarian property market. This new type of investor is interested Bulgaria real estate investments because the political and economic profile for the coutry has improve. There is less perceived risk now that Bulgaria is in the EU and also there is a plentiful supply of cheap credit.
During 2006 we saw several large scale Bulgarian real estate takeovers most notably the purchases of the Mall of Sofia and Business Park Sofia. According to Forton real estate brokers, the main interest for these investors will be prime commercial real estate and office developments in the major cities. Read more…
Investing in Property in Bulgaria brings strong returns
Bulgaria enjoys an attractive location situated between Europe and Asia. This makes property in Bulgaria is increasingly interesting for investors and tourists alike. Bulgaria has borders with the Black Sea to the east, Romania to the north, Greece and Turket to the south and along its west border is Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. The property investment options in Bulgaria range from ski resorts like Bansko and Borovets to the many beach resort dotted along the Black Sea coast. The climate and growing ecomony make property in Bulgaria a very lucrative investment, especially as Bulgaria has not yet joined the EU. This is expected in 2007 and may very well drive up the price of Bulgarian properties even further.
Bulgaria as a country offer some amazing natural sights. From the coastal regions to the mountain the nature and fauna are beautiful and untouched. The government is wise to the fact that nature tourism is a growing business and as a results aims to protect the beauty of Bulgaria.
Bulgaria property investment offers both financial and personal rewards. Whether you plan to ise your property in Bulgaria as a holiday home or as a rental investment, now is the time to buy property in Bulgaria.
The search for something different brings British investors to buy Property in Bulgaria
The usual favorites of UK property investors, Spain and France seem to be dropping in popularity in the face of competition from new emerging property markets such as property in Bulgaria, Cape Verde and Dubai. The latest property report, from currency dealers HiFX, puts the trend down to a search by UK buyers for more interesting property investment locations. Property in Bulgaria has been especially popular recently.
“In a lot of scenarios the developing markets offer properties, which are a lot cheaper than more established locations” says Mark Bodega, marketing director of HiFX, commented. “As property prices have continued to rise quickly in the UK over the last year, as well as rising interest rates, we have noticed that overseas property investment has become increasingly popular with UK buyers” Read more…
Property in Bulgaria Still Ranks in Top 3 Property Investment locations
Property in Bulgaria is currently ranked as one of the top 3 property investments in Europe. According to leading UK real estate experts Bulgaria and Cyprus are currently the favourite locations from British buyers.
Bulgarian properties remain cheap and affordable and buyers are attracted mostly to the new developments on the coast and in the ski resorts. The capital Sofia is also popular with investors more focused on rental yields. Tourism is booming within Bulgaria and many investors are betting that this will result in increasing prices for property in the Bulgarian ski resorts and coastal holiday villages.
Bulgarian tourism generated in excess of 2 billion euros of income this year from four million tourists. The tourism segment measures almost 15% of Bulgaria’s gross domestic produce and creates more than 150,000 jobs. The goverments target si to increase visitor numbers to 8 million over the next 10 years. International tourism experts believe that this is highly possible based on the wide variety of Bulgarian tourism locations and experiences. The country can over, beach holidays, skiing and snowboarding, spa tourism, heritage and historic trips, wine tasting holiday and many other tourist options.
UK buyers looking at Bulgarian Properties
Over 15% of all UK overseas investors are thinking about buying property in Bulgaria or Romania. As a result of both countries joining the EU at the start of the year eastern Europe is now one of the property investment hot spot. According to overseas property group MRI accession to the EU is a major factor in boosting investment in property in Bulgaria.
Trips by foreign tourists to Bulgaria went up by over 8 % last year, to almost 1.5 million visitors. There was also a significant boost to Romanian tourism.
MRI has commented that similar to other eastern European countries that have joined the EU, Bulgarian properties are likely to experience stop growth over the next few years
Properties in Bulgaria increase by up to 15% annually in 2007
Property in Bulgaria will increase by almost 10% in 2007 according to top Bulgaria real estate agents. Top quality Bulgaria apartments and properties in exclusive location are expected to rie by slightly more and may achieve a 15-20% increase. Bulgaria’s accession to the EU, as well as its cheap prices has lead to very strong demand for property in Bulgaria. Bulgarian apartments were the number one investment for overseas investors and the total amount of Bulgarian real estate sales in 2006 was over 5 billion euro. Bulgarian Properties, one of the leading Bulgarian real estate agents says that is expects the market to continue to grow in 2007 but that the increase will not be as strong as in recent years.
There is still strong demand for Bulgaria apartments in Sofia and these are being purchased by both foreign and local property investors. Sofia property prices compare very favourably to other capital cities in the EU. Average prices in Sofia as 1050 euros/m2 and yields of up to 10% are standard for quality properties. Prices in other European cities are much higher with average prices in Paris, London, Dublin and Amsterdam reaching over 6 times the price per m2 achieved in Sofia.