Hundreds of realtors and investors will gather in Panama City for the second Americas Real Estate Expo from September 4-6 this year. “A showcase of developments, properties, mortgage companies, banks, retirement service plans and life insurance companies” from throughout the Americas, the Expo will be open to agents, brokers and buyers, including pre-scheduled trade sales [...]
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Americas Real Estate Expo Coming Up in September
Posted in Costa Rica Real Estate, tagged Conferences, International Events on August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Buyer’s Market In Costa Rica
Posted in Costa Rica Developments, Costa Rica Real Estate, tagged Buyer's Market, Economy on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Costa Rica is a very beautiful and diverse country. From Caribbean and Pacific beaches to mountains, plains and the Central Valley, there is something for everyone. But natural beauty is far from the only reason people invest in land here. Another reason is that property can still be found at reasonable prices, especially compared to [...]
Green Costa Rica
Posted in Costa Rica Real Estate, tagged Conservation, Environment, Land Use on July 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Forests provide us with a range of essential goods and services ranging from our most basic needs – food, shelter, clean water, and oxygen – to cultural and recreational joys. However, these ecosystem goods and services are often taken for granted. While the economic value of certain natural products such as timber is reflected through global [...]
Upscale Development Planned for Jaco
Posted in Costa Rica Developments, Costa Rica Real Estate, Tourism, tagged Jaco on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The province of Puntarenas spans most of Costa Rica’s Pacific coast and is, after Guanacaste, one of the hottest regions for development in Costa Rica–which is, itself, among the world’s best investment locations. In 2007, Costa Rica was recognized by the World Economic Forum as the most competitive tourism destination in Latin America. British property [...]
Preserving Paradise
Posted in Costa Rica Real Estate, Tourism, tagged Alternative Energy, Environment on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Costa Rica is, of course, a small country – similar in size to the US state of West Virginia. But its position at the “waistline” between North and South America means that this slender little nation has coasts on two oceans, significant mountains along the continental divide and, consequently, an astonishing variety of natural environments [...]
US Subprime Issues Mark Return to Buyer’s Market in Costa Rica
Posted in Costa Rica Real Estate, International Relations, tagged Costa Rican Economy on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Given the close economic ties between the two nations, it is unsurprising that the subprime mortgage crisis and attendant economic instability in the United States is having an effect on Costa Rica’s economy and real estate market as well. In an interview earlier this year, Central Bank president Francisco de Paula described Costa Rica’s overall [...]
Mandarin Oriental to Develop Luxury Resort at Manzanillo Beach
Posted in Costa Rica Developments, Costa Rica Real Estate, Tourism, tagged Guanacaste on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mandarin Oriental, the award-winning owner and operator of some of the world’s most prestigious hotels and resorts, is developing its first Central American property at Manzanillo Beach, Costa Rica. Rancho Manzanillo will be an exclusive 538-acre gated golf and residential development including the 130-room Mandarin Oriental hotel, slated to open in 2010. The complex will [...]
Squatters in Costa Rica
Posted in Costa Rica Real Estate, Costa Rican Law, tagged law, Real Estate on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Costa Rica is all too familiar with the problem of squatters – in fact, they are perfectly legal. Throughout many countries of the world, they occur primarily in urban areas where urban decay exists or in rural areas where vast amounts of land can be owned, but not fully occupied. “Squatting” is the act of [...]
