City intelligence

Compare Bulgaria’s major city markets

Use price momentum and transaction activity to identify which market—and which questions—deserve deeper local investigation.

City HPI trends
Official HPI trend for total dwellings, 2025=100. Source: NSI.
Three-year city HPI
Three-year HPI growth to the latest common quarter. Source: NSI.
Market profiles

Six official-data starting points

Analytical summaries—not neighbourhood guides or property recommendations.

Burgas

+17.7% YoY

Strong price momentum alongside a marked contraction in transaction count.

3-year HPI
+46.2%
Transactions
−30.5%

Sofia

+16.0% YoY

Strong annual and three-year price growth with weaker transaction participation.

3-year HPI
+56.4%
Transactions
−19.2%

Varna

+13.2% YoY

The strongest three-year HPI growth, but substantially weaker recent activity.

3-year HPI
+65.5%
Transactions
−27.6%

Stara Zagora

+12.7% YoY

Positive price momentum with a recent fall in transaction count.

3-year HPI
+38.8%
Transactions
−24.9%

Plovdiv

+8.8% YoY

Moderate price growth and the most resilient recent transaction signal.

3-year HPI
+38.3%
Transactions
−0.6%

Ruse

−5.8% YoY

The weakest total-dwelling signal; new-dwelling HPI has a known data gap.

3-year HPI
+29.1%
Transactions
−13.0%
Planned local guides

From city screening to local investigation

Future guides may add neighbourhood context, legally reusable imagery and clearly disclosed links to suitable local property professionals.

Current boundary

Official city data does not provide live asking prices, neighbourhood €/m², yields or individual development quality.