Regional cities contribute to property sales growth
Slight property sales growth is registered in regional cities in Bulgaria. Property transactions have risen by 1,42% on annual basis in the third quarter of the year. According to recently released data of Bulgarian Agency 59,465 homes have been sold in the country within the period between July and the end of September. The growth is slow yet but bigger compared to the previous quarters.Sales in bigger regional cities amount to 53% which is a growth from 30,155 in 2012 to 31,767 in 2013. The capital city of Sofia has one of the largest share of sold properties with deals rising from 4,210 in the third quarter of last year to 4,536. The growth of 7,74% passes the average level for regional cities and this is a sure sign that buyers return. Plovdiv accounts for an increase of 7,64% on an annual basis.
Burgas is the region with the steadiest sales increase with transactions growing by 23,43% especially during the summer season. Thus, the tourists’ number is jumping too. Russians and Ukrainian tourists are the main visitors in Bulgaria for holidays.
Local media report that the property market near the sea is recovering and thus attracting more and more tourists. A transaction increase by 20% is registered. According to recent data, 109,636 property deals were made during the first half of the year. Their number for the previous year was much lower – about 79,995 real estate transactions in 2012.
The first thing I want to say is, thank you Kiki for all you have done. The first time we spoke to Kiki we felt right at ease. Because we didn' t know how or when we were going to be in Bulgaria we didn't let her know. So when we got there we contacted Kiki. Because we were only there for a week we didn't have much time. She immediatly made sure we could visit a house the same day. She called us crazy because it was 400 km from varna were we stayed. But we went. She could not be there with us because it was such short notice, but the next day she was. Kiki cleared her calender to make sure we could look at some other houses with her. Besides the fact she showed us some good houses we also had a lot of fun. When we went to see the last one it was bingo. So we would buy the house. Kiki made sure a paper work was oke before we left back to Belgium. Now not even a month later we can call ourselfes the proud owners of a house in Bulgaria. What Kiki did for us was amazing. Everything went smoothly without any problems. She is a hardworking woman,(sometimes to hard working), she makes sure everything goes smoothly. And besides that she is a great person. We know we have a new friend for life. When we buy our next house it will be with Kiki. So again Kiki thank you, you are amazing
— Bart en Annick, Belgie