Sun, Nov 08 2009
Bulgaria and Latvia are among the destinations pointed as the next big thing in the property investment market.
UK's advice website BuyAssociation spokesman Paul Collins told Real Estate TV that these destinations offered the best potential returns in longer term.
Economic and tourism growth potential in Bulgaria and Latvia was "at a steady but assured pace."
Collins said that many of the countries which joined the EU over the past several years are showing strong economic performance.
According to Collins 2007 will of key importance for those who invested in Bulgarian property and will show the returns and eventual profit rates.
Brokers expected significant property market growth resulting from Bulgaria's EU accession.
Britons had more trust in overseas properties than they had in the past, Real Estate TV said.
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