Friday, July 15, 2016

Българските имоти поскъпват по-бързо от тези в ЕС *

Данни сочат че има съществена разлика в поскъпването на старото и новото строителство
Цените на жилищата в България се повишават с умерено по-висок темп от отчитания среден ръст за целия Европейски съюз. Това показват данните на Евростат за първото тримесечие на 2016 г., сравнени със същия период на миналата година, пише Капитал Daily.

Според изчисленията жилищата у нас са с 4.5% по-скъпи в края на март, отколкото са били 12 месеца преди това. За сравнение средното за всички 28 страни-членки на ЕС поскъпване на жилищата е 4%. Малко по-високо – 4.5% е то за страните, които са част от еврозоната.

Данните сочат, че има значителна разлика в поскъпването на новите и на вече съществуващите домове. Цената на имотите в новопостроени жилищни сгради в страната се повишава с 5.8% на годишна база. Докато вече съществуващите такива жилища са с по-скромен ръст от 3.7% на годишна база.

От всички страни в ЕС само в Италия и Кипър се регистрира поевтиняване на жилищата в сравнение с година по-рано. За сметка на това в Унгария, Швеция и Австрия поскъпването на имотите е дори с повече от 10% на годишна база, докато повишението в България е съизмеримо с това в Германия (4.4%) и Чехия (4.5%).

Заключението на анализаторите обаче е, че въпреки ниските лихви, които улесняват финансирането на подобна покупка в България и съответно от поне една година водят до поскъпване на имотите, цените им все още остават под нивото от 2010 г. По този показател жилищата през 2010 г. са били с 2% по-скъпи, отколкото са били към края на март тази година, сочат данните на Евростат. България далеч не е единствена в този червен списък на бавно възстановяване на имотния пазар. Другите европейски държави, в които цените на апартаментите през 2010 г. са били по-високи, отколкото са сега, са също Испания, Хърватия, Италия, Кипър, Полша, Португалия, Румъния, Холандия и Словения. При всички останали 18 страни-членки цената им се е възстановила или дори значително е нараснала.
* Част от публикацията в  1KAM1.COM 

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Holiday Homes in Bulgaria in 2016 - market report

The residential market recovery and the overall return of the confidence towards the real estate market are now spilling to other market segments, including the segment of holiday homes. 

More local and foreign buyers are now seeking holiday homes in Bulgaria which was indicated by an increase in sales in the ski resorts during the winter season. This trend is now becoming visible in the beach resorts. 
“Bulgarian vacation property market is starting to attract quite diverse buyers - they literally come from around the world. Only for the first three months we have served clients from more than 15 nationalities. It is getting harder to identify a dominating nationality of buyers since the market is very dynamic and the buyers mix changes each month. Constant though is the available interest towards properties in Bulgaria. Our expectations are for a very strong summer season. There is a good supply of properties - both resales and high-quality new construction”, commented the market trends Polina Stoykova MRICS, Managing Director of BULGARIAN PROPERTIES. 

Read more: http://www.bulgarianproperties.com/Property_news/holiday-homes-in-Bulgaria-2016_6802.html?property=545

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Sofia - prices and sales of new build properties increase


"...A very strong start of the property market in 2016 – a considerable increase of the number of sales, strengthening of the upward price trend and a great interest towards new residential developments – this is how we can sum up the first quarter of 2016. 

“We have witnessed a very big interest towards new developments in Sofia. The buyers are becoming more and more confident when buying properties off-plan. We often witness a very high percentage of apartment sales even before the start of the construction” commented Polina Stoykova MRICS, Managing Director and Head of Research at BULGARIAN PROPERTIES. 

“Buyers seem to be a bit behind with the market trends, since a big share of their demand is for properties of up to 50,000 EUR, and the supply of such properties is very scarce, especially in the most desirable districts and in the new development complexes” added Stoykova. 

Average prices

Based on data of BULGARIAN PROPERTIES, the average price of apartments sold in Q1 of 2016 in Sofia was 835 EUR/sq.m. 

The 800 EUR/sq.m. average price barrier was first crossed in Q4 of 2015. The trend of increasing average property prices continued and even strengthened in Q1 of 2016 and the price levels remained well above 800 EUR/sq.m. 

The apartments in Sofia were selling on average for 815 EUR/sq.m. in Q4 of 2015 and for 770 EUR/sq.m. a year before. Respectively, the increase in property prices in Sofia for Q1 of 2016 compared to Q4 in 2015 is 2.5% and on an annual basis it is 8.4%. 

Since the beginning of the year, there has been a clear trend for an increased demand for apartments in new developments. For the past months, 50% of the completed transactions in Sofia are in new developments. Most of them are in buildings which are being constructed now, including ones that are in a very early stage of development. 

The data of BULGARIAN PROPERTIES also shows that the average price of apartments sold in new developments for Q1 of 2016 was 950 EUR/sq.m. – around 100 EUR/sq.m. higher than the average levels of the market. 

The average overall price of apartments sold over the first 3 months of the year was 79,800 EUR, and of apartments in new developments – 90,000 EUR. This illustrates the preferences of the buyers and their willingness to pay higher prices for apartments in new high-quality developments. 

Parameters of apartments sold

1 and 2-bedroom apartments have an equal share in the completed sales in Q1 in 2016 and together they represent around 85% of the whole market. The amount of sales of 3-bedroom apartments increases – they represented around 10% of the market. Most of them are in new developments at early stages that allowe the buyers to make different rearrangements and merge smaller apartments into bigger ones with spacious premises according to their particular needs. 

The average area of apartments sold in Q1 of 2016 is 90 sq.m. – bigger than in the last quarter of 2015 because of the greater share of apartments with 2 and 3 bedrooms. The most desired floors ware from 2nd to 5th, but there is also a demand for higher floors when the buildings offer beautiful views. " repoprts bulgarianproperties.com