Apartment purchase prices in Bulgaria in the fourth quarter of 2006 averaged 904 leva (462.21 euro) per square metre, 14.7 per cent up from the fourth quarter of 2005 and 5.5 per cent up from the third quarter of 2006.
The information was announced by the National Statistical Institute, according to which such prices increased most significantly in Lovech, Turgovishte, Pernik and Stara Zagora, but in three of these cases the price levels remained below the national average. The levels in the
fourth quarter of 2006 were, respectively, 609 leva/sq m, 696 leva, 750 leva and 1,055 leva.
Apartment purchase prices in Vidin and Blagoevgrad dropped between 2 and 6 per cent to 586 leva/sq m and 830 leva, respectively.
In Sofia, prices grew 3.6 per cent to 1,389 leva/sq m, in Varna – 5.6 per cent to 1,418 leva, in Bourgas – 5.3 per cent to 1,297 leva, and in Plovdiv – 1.5 per cent to 988 leva.