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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by kfk on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @08:33AM (#21135659)
Up to net 4000-5000 from what I have heard. Rent is 300-400 eur in the city center. Dinner is 15 euros, lunch 5-8 euros. A decent apartment is 100-150k.
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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by spdionis on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @09:21AM (#21136096)
An important point here is that you probably can't get reasonable financing to buy said apartment.

Mortgages in a similar country start from 6%.

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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by UserIsUnused on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @12:08PM (#21137997)
Depends, if their banks have to follow the central euro bank rates or not, since they have their currency they might not have to, I don't know the specifics on how that works.

Anyway, Central bank has interest at negatives, people are buying houses in EU with very little interest.

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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by spdionis on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @03:11PM (#21139783)
Yeah, my comment is relevant only for non-euro countries.
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Re:Bulgaria is the world’s fastest-shrinking country by tomp on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @10:42AM (#21136968)
Wow, that's more than in Slovenia (as far as I know) (another former communist EU country, but officially far more developed) - net salary, I don't know how the tax rates and social contributions compare...
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