Sun, Nov 08 2009
The market of mortgaged residential and commercial property in 2007 experienced a slight decrease as compared to sales figures for 2006.
The most frequent reason for the sale of mortgaged properties is the inability of owners to pay their monthly installments, investor.bg reported.
Only 30 mortgaged properties are currently offered on the market in Sofia and their number in the past six months remains unchanged.
Sufficient demand for mortgaged property was registered in the coastal cities of Bourgas and Varna in the middle of 2006. Such offers are missing in 2007.
The largest number of mortgaged properties offered on the market in smaller Bulgarian towns was registered in Pleven. Nearly 10 two and three-bedroom apartments are currently offered in Pleven.
The number of mortgaged residential properties in Sofia is twice as high as in Pleven. In contrast to other cities, mortgaged properties in the capital are located far from the centre.
According to agent predictions the mortgage market will remain unchanged in 2007.
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