Buying Property in BulgariaWritten by AdrianM
There is no doubt that real estate in Bulgaria is one of today's most profitable investment opportunities. Data returns from Real Estates National Association show that Bulgarian property prices increased by an average of 26% through 2003, with only marginally lower forecasts for 2004 - and in past few months, purchasers of off-plan apartments in Southern Park area of Sofia realised a 30% increase on their investment even before their properties were completed. In addition, a detailed value analysis survey covering 3000 properties randomly selected from all sectors of market is conducted each quarter. The latest of these surveys was completed in September 2004 and shows that ... - the market value of 3000 properties surveyed was approximately 67 million Euro
- for every property on sale at 40,000 Euro or more, there were four below this price
- 80% were priced below 40,000 Euro and made up 34.7m Euro of market value
- 60% were priced below 20,000 Euro and made up 14.8m Euro of market value
- 39% were priced below 10,000 Euro and made up 6.2m Euro of market value
| | The REAL ThanksgivingWritten by Gary R. Hess
The legend of Thanksgiving goes back more than 350 years. We have all heard story about how Pilgrims spent Thanksgiving with Natives and ate fully, but is this what really happened?The Wampanoag Indians were descendants of Iroquois who had spent their time in New England for thousands of years. The tribe lived off land by hunting deer and other animals in summer and early fall, fishing salmon and herring in spring and then moved farther inland during winter to seek shelter from storms. The group lived along coastal region in round-roofed houses called ‘wigwams’ unlike Midwest Indians who used teepees in order to travel quickly. The people were friendly and hospitable towards strangers. However a group of English travelers had saddened villages across region by bringing disease and capturing many to be sold on slave market. One of villages, Patuxet, demolished by English was one of a famous Native American, Squanto. Squanto was a Native American who befriended John Weymouth (an English Explorer) and headed back to England in order to learn their customs speak English and become Christian. During his stay, a British Slaver captured Squanto and sold him to Spanish in Caribbean. Luckily a Spanish Franciscan priest helped Squanto back to England where he would pay Weymouth to bring him back to his homeland.
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