Market Overview (22 Dec – 26 Dec) The main Bulgarian index SOFIX increased this week by 0.69% to 1156.43 points. The broad index BGBX40 increased this week […]
BREF increases occupancy with new tenants
| Market Overview (14 July – 18 July) | |
| The main Bulgarian index SOFIX decreased this week by 1.01% to 1043.55 points. The broad index BGBX40 decreased this week by 0.77% to 191.24 points. BGREIT increased by 0.54% this trading week to 231.04 points. | |
| Corporate News | |
| BREF (BREF) announced a new tenant for the Kambani Green Office location. Ave Bulgaria Logistic signed up 431.27 sqm until March 2028. With that, occupancy there stands at 88.8%. Further, they announced a new tenant for the Synergy Tower location. Redis Bulgaria EOOD signed up 1,368.63 sqm until Aug 2030 taking the entire 5th floor. With that, the occupancy in Synergy Tower stands at 82.45%
Additionally, they will hold a webinar on 07.08.2025 from 11am EET to discuss the H1 2025 performance. More info on: https://tinyurl.com/4sm4mb66 CBA Asset Management (CBAM) announced a dividend in the amount of BGN 0.03453 per share or 3.45% dividend yield. Advance Terrafund (ATER) published their monthly review. Currently, they own 179,689 daa agricultural land and they’ve sold 1,523 daa and bought 223 daa land in June. For 2023-2024 they’ve collected 91.2% of the receivables from the leased out land, and 28.6% from the 2024-2025 agricultural year. Sopharma Buildings REIT (SFB) announced that they have started selling properties in their new project “Carre Residence”, which is a combination of residential project with stores in the mezzanine floor. The project is located in Student City on 3 Kliment Ohridski Blvd.
ü Bulgaria’s current account deficit narrowed to €131.9 mln in May 2025 from €304.2 mln in the corresponding month of the previous year. This was primarily attributed to a higher secondary income surplus—which includes remittances and other current transfers—recorded at €97.4 mln from €94.1 mln in May 2024. At the same time, the services surplus increased to €624.4 mln from €552.2 mln, while the goods trade deficit decreased to €434.7 mln from €460.9 mln. In addition, the primary income deficit narrowed to €419 mln from €568.8 mlnIndustrial production fell by 6.6% YoY in May 2025. Output slipped at a softer pace for manufacturing (-2% vs -7.3% in April), while production recovered significantly for mining and quarrying (8.4% vs -3.7%). Meanwhile, electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply contracted sharply (-26.6% vs -12%). ü Bulgaria’s annual inflation rate rose to 4.4% in June 2025 from 3.7% in the previous month. This marked the highest reading since December 2023, mainly driven by higher costs of food and non-alcoholic beverages (7.5% vs 6.9% in May), alcoholic beverages and tobacco (6.9% vs 6.1%), communication (1.6% vs 0.2%), and recreation and culture (9.9% vs 7.2%). Additionally, prices declined at a softer pace for health (-4.5% vs -4.7%) and transport (-2.3% vs -3.9%). Meanwhile, inflation softened for restaurants and hotels (9.9% vs 10.8%) and miscellaneous goods and services (3.5% vs 4.1%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased by 0.4% in June, after a flat reading in the preceding period. |
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