Fri, Feb 10 2012
Prices of property in Sofia will remain stable, while quality of construction and additional services offered will increase.
Property purchasers are also to become more demanding.
The property market in Sofia enters a `more mature' phase, Colliers International short-term prediction said.
Residential property supply is increasing and residential complexes of closed type are very popular, Colliers said.
Construction of new luxurious property is most intense in Sofia's southern districts, Lozenets, Vitosha, Manastirski Livadi and Bukston.
The average sale price in 2006 registered a light increase as compared to price increase over the past several years, Colliers said.
Property prices in Iztok residential district raised the most in the second half of 2006, by 17.1 per cent, followed by prices in Lozenets.
Average market prices of homes in Sofia fell by one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period of 2010, according to the Raiffeisen Real Estate Index, as quoted by Klasa daily.
Proportionately, the number of transactions in leva increased as people reacted to speculation that the euro would disappear.
Nearly all banks are ready to finance between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of the price of a home, provided it is a good building in a large city, Bulgarian daily says.
Property prices in Bulgaria were five to 10 per cent lower in 2011 than in 2010, while initial estimates for this year are that they will remain largely unchanged, with transactions remaining at ‘crisis levels’.
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia ranks 17th, report says, quoting Global Property Guide.