Sun, Nov 08 2009
The average price of land in the centre of Sofia increased by 1.07 per cent in April, the national real estate company Foros said.
Prices reached 1 700 euro per sq m, which is the highest average price for land in Sofia so far, investor.bg reported.
Second ranks the region near Sofia's Medical Academy, where land prices reached 1 394 euro per sq m. Third is the residential district Zona B19 with prices of 1 268 euro per sq m.
Razsadnika is another residential area in Sofia, where prices exceed 1 000 euro per sq m.
The cheapest land in Sofia was offered in the residential area of Benkovski, 21 euro per sq m and in Chelopech, 15 euro per sq m.
Bounkera villa zone registered the highest price decrease. Values there dropped by 21.74 per cent to 180 euro per sq m.
The prices in the Studentski Grad increased by 6.82 per cent reaching 423 euro per sq m. Prices in Borovo went up by 40 per cent and prices in Goroublyane by 34 per cent.
The village of Pancharevo offered the highest average price of plots in the Sofia region. Average prices in the village reached 98 euro per sq m.
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