This is increasingly becoming the case. The real estate market in Bulgaria (as anyone in the UK already knows) is seen as perfect for second home owners. What this has done is to triple the price of real estate in Sofia and some of the larger cities over the last seven years.

This has created a very difficult housing market for Bulgarians to enter. Fortunately, Bulgaria has the highest home ownership rate in Europe...more than 80% own their own home...and by that I mean that it's already paid for or close to it.