Personal assets in Bulgaria: financial wealth and housing market.
This product presents a periodic estimation of the household’s wealth, the housing market and the main developments in the finance industry. The analysis is based on economic methodology, whichs allows its use by financiers, macroeconomists, and specialized business analysts. The main areas of research include:
- Special focus on significant macroeconomic and international events.
- Latest macroeconomic trends - indicators of economic growth, investments, employment, inflation, change in prices of main commodities, comparison of the returno on investment in different assets.
- Development of financial intermediation in Bulgaria - size, structure and penetration of the (bank and non-bank) financial sector in the economy.
- Households' financial wealth - main trends and allocation of financial assets (deposits, currency, shares, investments in mutual and pension funds, and life-insurance companies).
- Household indebtedness to banks, leasing companies and specialized lending vehicles.
- The housing market in Bulgaria – number of contractual mortgages, average market prices, asking prices and rents in the biggest cities, brief overview of the office market.
- Construction activity – business climate in construction and newly issued building permits for residential and non-residential construction.
- Housing demand – dynamics of housing credit, income, savings, foreign direct investments and personal transfers.
- Indicators of household financial assets and the housing market – charts and tables.
The comprehensive report is issued quarterly. Users of the electronic format have access to ready-to-print document as well as data series in spread sheets.
Latest report available: Q1 2014