New Apartment Sales in Bulgaria Rise 7% in 2024

Sofia sees 10% growth with nearly 30,000 homes sold, of which 73% are purchased with mortgages

Mortgage lending boosts Bulgarian banks’ 2024 profit to 3.7 bln levs

DSK, Unicredit Bulbank lead the ranking with nearly a billion levs in profit each

Day in 3 news: Bulgarians detained over Luxembourg bank fraud; Mortgage lending grew by 29% in 2024; Sofia chief architect contest will soon begin

Day in 3 News: Borissov no longer wants to be PM; Court reviews calls for election annulment; Housing loan growth surges

Bulgarian Banks Post-Peak: Shrinking Margins and Slowing Profit Growth

Shrinking margins have effectively reduced the sector's annual profit growth rate to nearly zero

The day in 3 news: Minimum wage gets huge hike; BNB to curb mortgage lending; 100 million euro for rural areas

The week: Why Nations Fail in football and elections

One night in Belfast, What is wrong with the Air Force, Varna ex-mayor is sinking

The week: Time to escape the German economic embrace

The German curse of the industry, Peevski wins, BNB tries to curb house lending

Day in 3 news: Credit market grows by 500 mln levs in June; Stadler Polska quits train deal; EU Commission takes Bulgaria to court over 3 directives

House Prices in Bulgaria Soar Again

NSI reported a record increase in housing prices in the country - by 16% year-on-year in the first quarter

K10: The Best Banks of 2023

UniCredit Bulbank again leads the Capital Weekly’s ranking of banks in Bulgaria, UBB is now the largest bank, DSK reports record profit

The day in 3 news: Eurozone entry likely delayed; Bulgarian lending rises; Lidl launches outlet center

Euphoria Fading on Bulgaria's Housing Market

After peaking in 2021-2022, transactions and, construction permits are now declining, and price growth is slowing down

The day in 3 news: Household loan increases in 6 months; GERB to review its participation in ruling coalition; Sofia will hand out free solar panels

The day in 3 news: Inflation forecast to be 4.8% next year; Gas price up due to European volatility; Loans still robust, interest rates static

Bulgarian housing prices soar as Eurozone ones fall for the first time in years

Records double-digit growth of prices fueled by a housing loan boom meets plummeting demand

Bulgaria’s fintech sector grows in H1 2023

Companies report increase in assets and consumers, expand product offerings

Bulgaria's housing prices soar ten times faster than the EU average

Low-interest mortgage loans and inflation are the main drivers

Nesebar sees record number of real estate deals in 2022

On a national scale, the property market is gradually cooling down but no rapid changes are expected

K10: The best banks of 2022

Unicredit Bulbank ranks first in Capital’s ranking, displacing the other traditional champion DSK from the top