Being so far away (in England) it is very hard to get any idea as to what effect the global slump has had to you all in Bulgaria. We in England seem to have suffered fairly badly with high unemployment,falling house prices,banks not willing to lend money and now we face the prospect of severe public spending cuts.
What I would like to know is how it has affected all the people who have moved out to Bulgaria? and what effect has this had on the Bulgarians

much the same here really, house prices still dropping, unemployment rising among the bulgarians. food and materials rising at an alarming rate, coupled with entry to the eu, its much the same as england, not good just now.

A good friend of mien a Bulgarian builder . Has packed it in and gone to work in Germany , sad as he was a good worker . But what do you get for peanuts monkeys ? . Sign of the times.

To be perfectly honest, recession has still not really hit the UK, 22nd June will put that right tho, house prices only hit those that want to move which really, in most cases is a luxury, lets not forget that prices have recovered to within 10% of their highest!

Yeah there has been job losses but personally I know of 1 person that has lost his job, but to be fair probably would have happened anyway. The house market has never been so busy, estate agencies can't get properties quick enough and there are loads of jobs going

Well i was back in the Essex this year and jobs were few and far between . And the wages had gone down as well . That was in Engineering .

The recession here is the same as anywhere. Personally the only thing that really affects us is the exchange rate. Around Christmas time the rate was bad, but it is slowly rising again, hence our cost for living are getting easier. I would hate to have to work over here to earn Levas to live on, or live on a BG pension as it is tough.

Always think of income before buying any property abroad. As work is hard to find for locals let alone someone that cannot speak or understand the lingo. If you are thinking of setting up business, then think again as the locals will not charge at a UK rate. Therefore survival is rare and people end up going back after losing lots of money. Being retired is another story though but beware in all Countries people usually think that we British are ATM machines and that we have plenty of wonga. (not). We always tell them that we are on Pension and are in the same boat as them.