In the six month period from the beginning of the year, rental rates for residential property have increased, website investor.bg said, quoting brokers from various agencies. The professionals, however, have not been unanimous in their prognoses of how the situation would change in the second half of the year. Some say that further increase is to be expected, others do not anticipate changes.

Yet flats in the Sofia’s central areas are most in demand, despite the fact that three-bedroom residences run for 700-800 euro a month, whereas for many-room flats, prices could reach up to 1200 euro monthly rent. Similar prices are asked in the Lozenets and Iztok boroughs. Mladost is preferred by employees of Business Park Sofia seeking middle-class property for a monthly rent between 250 and 400 euro.