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Economic & Real Estate News
Timeline
February 2007
| 8 February2007 |
After Communist Rule, Romania And
Bulgaria Enjoy Major Property Boom
Buzesti Street used to be one of
the shabbiest parts of Bucharest
with crumbling, Communist-era structures
and one of the city's roughest markets.
Now, gleaming multistory buildings
have turned the area into one of
the capital's new business centers
– testimony to a property boom sweeping
Romania and Bulgaria, the newest
members of the European Union. More
(Source: Associated Press, 2007-02-05
06:00)
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| 9 February2007 |
Steady
Growth Keeps Real Estate Market
Balanced
Eduard Bogdan Desliu, country manager
of Premiumred, the real estate arm
of Volksbank, believes the fact
that the Romanian market is not
witnessing a fast growth is a good
thing in comparison with the situation
in Germany, where since reunification,
too many buildings have been erected
and a lack of tenants has caused
a market collapse. More
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Condomium
2007: 4,000 Apartments
For Sale The first edition of the
Condomium real estate fair, specialized
in luxury condominiums, taking place
between February 15 and 18, will
introduce for the public 35 residential
projects, representing 4,000 apartments
worth a total of some 750 million
euros. More
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Romanian
Towns Ready For Malls
The number of Romanian towns that
will have malls will be four times
higher in 2009 according to the
annalists of the real estate consultancy
agency, “Colliers”. Malls will be
built in 22 out of the 39 towns
with 60 000 inhabitants, while at
the end of 2007 only six towns had
this facility... More
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| 28 February2007 |
Real Estate In Bucharest Yields
1,500% Profit Within 8 Years
The prices of real estate in certain
areas of Bucharest have increased
14 times since 1999, when a two-room
apartment could have been bought
for 5,500 euros in a fairly central
area of the city. Areas which neither
investors nor city inhabitants were
interested in ten years ago have
become significant property areas
due to factors such as the opening
of the first mall, which caused
the prices of real estate to rise
by a greater degree than in similar
neighbourhoods. More
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