Bulgaria 'working out well for Britons'

Britons are generally having a positive experience when they move to Bulgaria, the UK ambassador to the country has remarked.

Steve Williams, who is Britain's chief representative in Sofia, told Standart News that those who have moved to Bulgaria revealed in a British Embassy poll that things were tending to go well for them.

He said the survey found that "in general those British nationals that had bought properties in Bulgaria in order to live here permanently or semi-permanently had integrated well with the local community".

In turn, most Bulgarians had welcomed the British there and Mr Williams noted that this anecdotal evidence tallied with his own experience.

Those keen on buying property in Bulgaria may look to do so soon after an economist tipped the market to bottom out in 2010.

Head of economic research at UniCredit Bulbank Kristofor Pavlov predicted there will be three more quarters of price decline before the sector starts to turn, emportal reported earlier this month.