Bulgaria business property deals contracted sixfold – Forton
Office rent transactions peaked at 65 000 sq m between July and September 2008, but collapsed to 10 700 sq m in Q3 2009, Forton manager Sergei Koinov said.
Sun, Nov 22 2009
About 10 results were found.
Office rent transactions peaked at 65 000 sq m between July and September 2008, but collapsed to 10 700 sq m in Q3 2009, Forton manager Sergei Koinov said.
Most potential buyers are now opting to buy a luxury flat in the range of 120 000 to 150 000 euro or a single family home for about 500 000 euro.
About 30 000 to 35 000 people employed in the construction sector were facing redundancies in 2010, Bulgaria's Regional Development Minister Rossen Plevneliev said on October 26.
Average market prices of housing in Bulgaria dropped five per cent in July-September, measured quarter-on-quarter, the National Statistical Institute said on October 23 2009.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has released a 43.5 million euro loan to Sofia Municipality, for infrastructure projects worth 88.1 million euro in total
Complexes exceeding 900 000 sq m of new office space are currently under construction in Sofia, but many of them will be slashed.
Expo Real is the largest European commercial property trade fair. Today the heart of the trade fair is beating in the same rhythm as the heart of the industry, i.e. considerably less excitedly than in previous years.
The Bulgarian government gave the green light to a proposal to raise the maximum property tax rate from 0.2 per cent to 0.25 per cent of the property appraisal.
Eurohold to use 16.8 million of the proceeds to extinguish its financial obligations with Piraeus Bank Bulgaria, while 10.5 million euro will be invested in insurance and vehicles.
As many as 1550 out of 5820 firms have not confirmed registration with the construction chamber as at September 1, which is a mandatory requirement to continue operations, construction chamber executive director Ivan Boikov said.