Sat, Jul 04 2009
Property prices were registering the highest increase in East European countries, data of the British property company Knight Frank, presented in Financial Times shows.
Japan continues struggling with price decrease, the report said. Property in Hong Kong was also losing value after a previous boom.
Worldwide, property has become 8.5 per cent more expensive, the analysis showed.
Significant price increase was observed for property in Bulgaria and Estonia. According to the analysis the increase resulted from the equalisation of prices in Europe. Because of investor interest property prices in Bulgaria went up by 20.5 per cent.
According to predictions Slovenia and Slovakia would become Europe's property hotspots in the coming year. Economic recovery would also bring up property prices in Germany.
The project will be financed by the Bulgarian Bank for Development, and the Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas, or Jessica Programme, although the report has so far failed to reveal the total cost of the vast enterprise.
The strategic plan envisages the conservation of the nature "for decades ahead", and it was formulated by a municipal team headed by professor Ivan Nikiforov, backed by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.
Once the overhaul and reconstruction of the Sofia–Vidin line is complete, it will cut travel time to three hours, as the train will be able to reach speeds of up to 160 km/h, shortening the journey to three hours.
Marriott however has made it clear that is not interested in investing in construction, but rather to occupy and manage existing buildings. Its strategy is to obtain management contracts.
Investors realise that it’s not viable to have a building remaining empty over the course of a year – so it's better for them to employ more flexibility to offset that loss.