The average amount of newly granted loans secured by residential real estate is steadily rising - from EUR 80 thousand in 2022 to EUR 92 thousand in the third quarter of 2023 under the influence of the price rise of residential properties. The average debt repayment period rises from 24.2 years in 2022 to 25 years in the third quarter of 2023. Longer repayment increases interest rate risk and the probability of losses, according to an analysis prepared by the BNB and cited by the web site "Pariteni".
Bulgaria is making the necessary progress towards adopting the euro, according to representatives of the European institutions whom Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova met with. This progress will allow Bulgaria to request extraordinary convergence..
Financial and tax stability has been shaken in recent years so it is good that a government has been formed, said Vasil Velev, chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Industrial Capital, at a joint press conference of employers. "Romania was..
The Ukrainian parliament has authorized the purchase of two Russian nuclear reactors from Bulgaria, Euractiv reports. The energy committee of the Ukrainian parliament greenlighted the purchase of two old Russian nuclear reactors to expand the..
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