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Bansko, the ski resort town located some 160 km south of Bulgaria's capital Sofia, will head into the 2005/2006 winter season with some 100 hotels, up from 40 the year before, said deputy mayor Lazar Zahov.

THE Wall Street Journal reported in June that the prices of real estate in Bulgaria jumped 48 per cent last year, a world record and the highest rise in prices registered in any country.
Even the most developed countries have seen drastic price increases in the last three or four years. Though surprising, the rises in Bulgaria were part of global trend.

A response to Rosie Murray-West's article: Beware Cheap and Nasty Bulgarian Dream, published at Daily Telegraph on 26/03/2005

Rosie Murray-West might well have entitled her article in the Telegraph yesterday, “How Dare you Wealth [ier] Brits Take Advantage of Poor[er] Bulgarians”. The article takes exception to the large number of British planning to buy property in cheap Bulgaria, a country she claims potential buyers know little about … except of course that the property is cheap!

Interviews with Bulgarian Properties’ CEO MIHAIL CHOBANOV and Bulgarian Dreams’ Director ROBERT JENKINS

The rapid increase of land prices in Bulgaria and the forthcoming EU membership of the country, have quicken the interest of the international property companies.

The rapid increase of land prices in Bulgaria and the forthcoming EU membership of the country, have quicken the interest of the international property companies, indicates the Wednesday issue of Wall Street Journal, quoted over the BBC radio program.

AS the Financial Times put it earlier this year, “an Englishman’s second home in the sun may have long been his casa, but in the 21st century it is more likely to be his dom or kuca”.
This is the prediction of overseas property experts, who are seeing a gradual switch in demand for second homes from the traditional sunspots of Southern Spain and France to the emerging markets of central Europe, including Croatia and Bulgaria.

After years of spectacular growth, real estate markets in Bulgaria and Romania are gradually slowing down with supply catching up with demand for the first time in years.

The number of buyers in both countries has dwindled since early 2005, though new homes are still rapidly being built. This has led to a slowdown in last year's record rate of house price inflation and speculation of a buyers' market.

June 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria ADIS Ltd. launched new front office in the heart of the city. Avangard multimedia will be utilized in a highly transparent walk-in type of real estate office.

Thousands of people are selling up and leaving behind Britain every year and making new lives in other countries. But is escaping to the sun all it’s cracked up to be? Daniel Davies spoke to one Welsh couple who now sell property in Bulgaria

HOW many people have dreamed of ditching their jobs and heading for the sun? Probably more than have dreamt of ditching their jobs and heading for Bulgaria.

Beware the cheap and nasty Bulgarian dream with all ups and downs of its property world, the British Telegraph wrote.

The author of a chastening article on Bulgarian real estate market refers guardedly to the countless thousands of British investors who are planning to buy property in the Balkan country.