Sun, Nov 08 2009
The commercial property market in Bulgaria is expected to grow by 300 per cent in the next three to five years, Colliers Bulgaria real estate agency head Atanas Garov said.
Garov took part in a conference linked to the upcoming Balkan Property exhibition (BalPex), investor.bg reported.
All sectors of the property market had been developing dynamically and investment was expected to increase in the next years, Garov said.
Office property market growth was expected to double in the next three years.
BulPex will take place between May 17 and 19. Its main goal is to present various points of view of investors' representatives on the property market on the Balkans.
International companies Engel East Europe, Pinnacle, Development Capital Management, DTZ and the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction (EBDR) feature among forum participants.
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