The average apartment price across the country rose to 540 leva/m2 in 2004, up from 366 leva a year earlier. Apartments across Bulgaria sold at an average of 633 leva/m2 in the fourth quarter, up 11.3 per cent from the previous three-month period. In the last quarter of 2004, Sofia boasted the highest house prices, or 1094 leva/m2 on average. Next come Varna and Bourgas (both on the Black Sea), with 1083 and 962 leva/m2, respectively.
Here are some typical prices in EURO as of February 2005:
Country houses per house with land
Ribaritsa - 20,000 up to 150,000
Old house/mountain village/no outstanding features - 3000 - 10,000
Spa resort - 20,000 upwards
Ski resort - 80,000 upwards, little on offer
Near ski resort - 30,000 upwards
Seaside resort - 30,000 upwards
Veliko Turnovo area - 8,000 upwards
Apartments per square metre in EURO
Sofia
Downtown 390-1660
Lozenets District 500-1000
Iztok District 600-1000
Lyulin High Rise Housing Estate 310-500
Plovdiv
Downtown 320-480
Burgas
Downtown 400-850
Varna
Downtown 650-1000
Greek Quarter 700-1200
Resorts
Sunny Beach 650-1500
Sveti Vlas 600-1500
Ravda 600-800
Sozopol 500-1000
Primorsko 500-1000
Bansko 500-1250
Building Plots per square metre in EURO
Black Sea (with building permission)
Golden Sands 150-180
Evxinograd 55-60
Sinemorets village 40-70
Sozopol 80-150
Mountains
Pamporovo 15-35
Bansko 100-120
Arbanassi (Veliko Turnovo) 20
Sofia (outlying villages)
Bistritsa 15-60
Dragalevtsi 30-100
Simeonovo 20-80
Bankya 15-80
Boyana 35-100
