NEW CREDIT TENDENCIES
According to Credit Centre the most popular mortgage in Bulgaria at the moment is for a plot of land and a prefabricated house. More and more Bulgarians prefer to move in the outskirts of their cities and to build their own house, rather than to buy an apartment in a block, where two-bedroom apartments are in the same price bracket.
Another new trend is the increasing number of customers who restructure their debt, due to the increase of the interest rate. Many Bulgarians face difficulties repaying their mortgages and some even their utility bills. According to Credit Centre in September each sixth credit has been taken to pay old debt.
In general more than 79% of the mortgages are for the purchase of property and only 1.3% for construction.
Another tendency is that for a second consecutive month the average size of the mortgage has decreased to 43 000 Euros, while during the peak of the property boom it has exceeded 50 000 Euros. Customers freeze their purchase or redirect to a cheaper property. The change is more obvious among the most popular customers – the middle class ones – who used to take a 80 % mortgage for the purchase of one-bedroom apartments. Now these clients are seeking smaller apartments and try to pay a large proportion of the price with their own funds.
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