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Bulgaria: Home Price Affordability

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

ยท 2024

67.80 Index, long-term average = 100

EU 97.13 ยท -29.3 pp vs Europe

European ranking

26 / 27

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

6.4M

Country population ยท 2024

What this indicator measures

Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat House price to income ratio tipsho60

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At a glance

Bulgaria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, Price to income stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 67.8 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, a large gap of 29.4 index points.

Recent trend

In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 82.52 in 2019 to 67.75 in 2024. The latest step, from 74.61 in 2023 to 67.75 in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Reading within the topic

In Bulgaria, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.