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Romanian property buyers set sights on Bulgaria
The property boom that started in Romania a few years ago is moving towards neighbouring Bulgaria where land and home prices are still lower, Romanian newspaper Financiarul reported.Romanian homebuyers are shifting their focus to Bulgaria and are especially interested in the holiday segment.Experts said Romanian buyers have struck property deals worth 3.6 mln euro in Bulgaria. A growing number of Romanian investors are eyeing the Bulgarian market because of the better return. Local legislation only allows foreigners ownership over buildings and not land but things may change in 2014, the ...
19.11.2008
Bulgaria ranks 68th in the world by the economic freedom index
Bulgaria ranks 68th in the world by the economic freedom index, according to data from the annual report of the Canadian Institute "Fraser" distributed in Bulgaria by the Institute for Market Economy.The index published measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and security of privately owned property. Forty-two variables were used to construct a summary index and to measure the degree of economic freedom in five areas: size of ...
19.11.2008
Bulgaria Exhibit in Saragossa registers half million visitors
The book where visitors have written their impressions reflects views of the country as an interesting, beautiful and adventure attracting location Nearly half million people have visited the Bulgarian exhibit pavilion in Saragossa during the World Exposition held between June 14 and September 14, according to the International Plovdiv Fair press center. June 21 has been the pick day with visits reaching over 12,000. During the rest of the time, there have been an average of 5,000 visits while the weekend average reached 8,000.There have also been over 40 official visits of delegations and ...
11.11.2008
Real estate sellers give bonuses
building contractors make attractive offers and bonuses The global situation on the real estate market and the increasing competition has forced the building contractors and intermediary companies to more and more attractive offers and bonuses to them, states an analysis of the metropolitan agency ERA IZIDA Properties. There have been even gifts for the more luxury real estates, such as the “Bentley” jets or a guaranteed one-week vacation for the oncoming 10 years. Enterprisers started giving as a gift the cellar and the garage, which used to cost money until recently, to the buyers of ...
31.10.2008
Leading architectural studios short-listed for design of government centre
The Government centre would spread on 60ha, and the initial plans envision the construction of administrative buildings, hotels, residences for diplomats and sports centers The Regional Development and Public Works Ministry has short-listed six architectural studios for the design of a Government centre, meant to rise on the area near the sixth km of the Tsarigradsko Chaussee Boulevard in Sofia.Out of 19 applicants, the ministry's short-list includes Foster+Partners, a London-based firm led by world-renown architect Norman Foster, who has another project in Bulgaria working with architect ...
24.10.2008
The real estate market at present
Buyers snub holiday properties
While investment purchases have not stopped, prices were now lower than even a year ago Bulgaria's holiday property market was saturated and big projects found no buyers because they were unprofitable, the managing director of Foros real estate agency Dobromir Ganev has said.Local company Terra Trans Consult has suspended a 200 million euro holiday village project in Balchik due to the severe economic conditions, the town’s mayor Nikolai Angelov said. The company’s Balchik Paradise complex was to deliver houses, a hotel, a spa centre, a conference hall and a cinema hall.Tsonko Tsonev, the ...
24.10.2008
The real estate market at present
Bulgarian property prices gain 3% on average in Q3
the market is settling and switching to stand-by mode as some sellers have withdrawn hoping for better times, while others are chopping off prices with loan installments digging deeper in their pockets The prices of Bulgarian residential properties have increased on average by three per cent to 1418 leva a sq m in the third quarter of 2008, compared to the previous quarter, data from the National Statistical Institute has showed.Flats sell for more than 1000 leva a square metre in half of the country’s 28 administrative centres. Brokers say the market is settling and switching to stand-by ...
24.10.2008
Mortgage rates hit new highs in September
The average annual interest rates of 20-year mortgages denominated in euro is now 8.46 per cent Four Bulgarian banks raised the interest rates charged on lev-denominated mortgage loans in September, data from moitepari.bg website, which compares loan and personal finance offers of different lenders, showed.The Moite Pari leva-denominated index, which tracks the average annual interest rates of 20-year mortgages, picked up five basis points to reach 9.61 per cent, the highest since was launched at the end of 2005.Five of the fifteen leading local-currency mortgage lenders tracked by the index ...
14.10.2008
The real estate market at present
German firm Degi buys Mall of Sofia
Degi Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Immobilienfonds was also a bidder for the capital’s City Center Sofia but lost to US company Heitman, which offered 101 million euro German company Degi has acquired the Mall of Sofia shopping centre, said the anti-trust authority, which should rule on the deal. Sources told Dnevnik daily that Degi Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Immobilienfonds was also a bidder for the capital’s City Center Sofia but lost to US company Heitman, which offered 101 million euro. Degi’s marketing director and press spokesman Dietmar Mueller declined to comment until the deal ...
07.10.2008
Sofia municipality to inject 50M leva in Sofia heating utility
Toplofikatsiya's equity currently stands at 107 million leva Sofia municipality will increase its stake in Toplofikatsiya Sofia by injecting up to 50 million leva in the heating utility to help it repay debts to stay-owned gas firm Bulgargaz, the chairperson of the economic policy committee of the Sofia city council Danail Kirilov said on October 6, as quoted by zagrada.bg website. The city currently owns 58 per cent of Toplofikatsia's stock and its stake would increase to 75 per cent after the cash injection, which would give the municipality a bigger leeway in managing the company and ...
07.10.2008
General insurance market up by 23% in January-July
Property insurance gained new momentum, generating over 142 million leva in premiums Bulgaria’s general insurance steamed ahead in the first seven months of the year, posting a 23 per cent year-on-year increase in premium incomes to 847.7 million leva, Financial Supervision Commission data has showed.Motor insurance generated the bulk of the premium revenue, accounting for about 70 per cent, with comprehensive coverage policies alone fetching more than 395 million leva.Property insurance gained new momentum, generating over 142 million leva in premiums.Premiums from railroad vehicles ...
06.10.2008
UniCredit Bulbank to finance mall in Sofia, parent company doubles capital
The project worth 220 million euro will result in 33 000 sq m of commercial and 30 000 sq m of office space UniCredit Bulbank and UniCredit Bank Austria, both members of UniCredit Group, will finance Bulgaria Mall, the next shopping centre in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Bulgaria’s largest bank by assets said in a statement.The two financial institutions and Bulgaria Mall investors LSProperty and Salamanca Capital sealed an agreement to this effect on October 3 after several months of negotiations.Bulgaria Mall, in construction since July 2008, is expected to open doors on Christmas 2010. ...
03.10.2008
The real estate market at present
Brokers say crisis sobers up property market
And yet the global financial crisis spread to Bulgaria just in time to sober up the real estate market and help it avert the property bubble we have seen in Ireland, Russia, Romania, Kazakhstan and Latvia The financial turmoil has affected the Bulgarian property market positively in protecting it from saturation and even a bubble, experts and consultants have said.The crisis has impacted both housing and business projects and driven scores of investors out of Bulgaria’s densely overbuilt mountain and seaside resorts.The retail centre segment is also braced up for a cool-off, and only a ...
02.10.2008
The real estate market at present
Realtors racing against time amid financial turbulence
The meltdown of financial markets worldwide is reaching morbid proportions and real estate investors are facing a race against time to avoid being embroiled in the collapse. Realtors are eager to sell every large site, office or trade facility that they have available. The current trend is not to “cry wolf” and raise general alarm, but sell as fast as possible every major project, brokers have told Bulgarian-language Standart daily on October 2 2008. The goal is to repay the money as quickly as possible, in cash, as it is unclear yet which way the Bulgarian real estate market will swing. ...
26.09.2008
New multi-functional building for Evropa Boulevard in Sofia
Mapa International is investing in a facility that will feature office and warehouse spaces on Evropa Boulevard across from supermarket Metro-2 Mapa International is investing in a facility that will feature office and warehouse spaces on Evropa Boulevard across from supermarket Metro-2. The mixed-purpose building will occupy about 3000 sq m out of a 0.8 ha land plot. In addition, the investor plans to construct a multi-functional centre resembling a traditional mall with a total built-up area of 10 000 sq m, Stroitelstvo gradut reported. The designer is the Plovdiv-based studio ARZH-ART ...
25.09.2008
City Center Sofia mall sold to Heitman for 101.5M euro
The new owner will pay out a 64 million euro mortgage and a further 37.5 million euro in cash when the deal is finalised Equest Balkan Properties sold its City Center Sofia shopping centre to US real estate investment management firm Heitman for 101.5 million euro, Dow Jones news agency reported. The deal was announced on September 19 and should be wrapped up in November. Equest bought the shopping mall off-plan in 2006. It paid 94 million euro to the seller, Stroitown, a company linked to Roumen Gaitanski, the former owner of Sofia’s refuse collection companies. In December 2007, the ...
25.09.2008
Labour traffic
Traffic jams affect Sofia’s labour marketWorking conditions, salaries, personal motivation and career development have always been the driving forces behind every job applicant's efforts, and Bulgaria is no exception.There is however a new kid on the block. Traffic jams in Sofia, the home of more than two million people, have started having a seriously negative effect on the labour market. According to Lina Filipova, key account executive from jobtiger.bg, one of the leading online-based job search engines in Bulgaria, Sofia has started losing its appeal as the most desirable place to work ...
19.09.2008
Estonian Arco Vara starts second housing project in Sofia
Arco Invest started construction on a six million euro gated complex in Sofia Arco Invest, a unit of Estonian real estate group Arco Vara, started construction on a six million euro gated complex in Sofia.The complex, set to be the company’s biggest investment so far, will rise in the upscale Manastirski Livadi district. It will have three residential buildings with a combined floor space of 35 000 sq m, hosting 300 flats and 25 retail outlets.Arco Invest’s first Bulgarian project, Boulevard Residence, is under construction on Madrid Boulevard in Sofia centre. Its more than 100 apartments ...
12.09.2008
Two new parks, walking area to appear in Sofia’s centre
The new detailed master plan for the western part of Sofia city centreThe new detailed master plan for the western part of Sofia city centre, the area between the Hristo Botev, Alexander Stamboliiski, Maria Luiza boulevards and Pirotska Street envisions the construction of new office buildings, more green spaces, but would also cut into one of the main thoroughfares linking the central part of the city to Lyulin district. The northern carriageway of Knyaz Alexander Doundoukov Boulevard from Tzum shopping centre onward to Lyulin will be transformed into walking area and all traffic will be ...
05.09.2008
Bulgarian property market tamed
The future of the property market would depend on three main factors: how average incomes were progressing, the change of lifestyle and more clients wishing to buy a home in a modern building, as well as the deeply rooted trend in Bulgarian mentality that dictates that it is better to buy than to rent The force with which the Bulgarian residential property market has been developing is beginning to subside The fact that the force with which the Bulgarian residential property market has been developing is beginning to subside was officially confirmed by real estate company executives during ...