The rent for apartments with one or two rooms in Varna dropped by nearly 30% for the last twelve months. The data comes from the statistics of the real estate website imoti.net. The biggest drop of price – 42% – was reported for the rents of one-room apartments. The two-room apartments are 40% cheaper compared to last year. The minimum price offers have also lowered – with 14% for one-room apartments and 27% for two-room apartments.

The number of offers has dropped along with the prices. According to the website, a handful of one-room apartments in Varna seek tenants for prices ranging between 300 and 350 leva. The offers for two-room apartments are ten, ranging between 330 leva and 300 EUR. An apartment with no furniture in the district “Mladost” is the cheapest. A furnished apartment near the bus station is the most expensive one.

The offers for apartments in Burgas are also less, with only one offer for a one-room apartment up on imoti.net, and a handful for two-room apartments. The price of the latter varies between 250 lv. and 250 euro. The highest offer is for a furnished estate in the district “Vazrajdane”, and the lowest – for an empty apartment in the district “Bratia Miladinovi”.

A dozen one-room apartments are rental offers in Plovdiv. The most expensive offer is 400 leva for a furnished apartment of 45 square m. in the district “Vastanicheski”. The cheapest offer is 100 euro for a furnished apartment in the district “Komatevo”. The offers for two-room apartments in Plovdiv are numerous and range between 280 and 600 leva.

The prices of one-room apartments in Ruse are less varied, ranging between 200 and 250 leva. The cheapest offer is for an apartment in “Zdravets-Iztok”, and the most expensive one – an apartment in “Zdravets-Sever”. Two-room apartments in the riverside city are offered in the range 150 leva – 250 euro. The cheapest two-room apartment is in the district “Drujba-2″, and the most expensive one – in the district “Vazrajdane”.

Furnished housing is in demand

Apartments have a greater chance of finding tenants if they are already furnished. People already looking for cheap rent rarely have extra money to spare for furniture and appliances.

Landlords with apartments near public transport stops can ask for higher rent, according to brokers. Apartments near large chain stores are also preferred. Naturally, families with little children prefer housing that is near a kindergarten or school.

Because of the specific construction of blocks of flats, the apartments at the corners of the building are less liked because they are colder in the winter and hotter during the summer. The same goes for floors – apartments on the first and last floors are rented only as a last resort. During the crisis, the tenants also have a better chance to bargain for the rent price.