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Key indicators
Key indicators for property investors
Indicators across 8 categories are set out below. Each is compared against the revealrealestate average across the four countires in our sample: Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The indicators are designed to provide information on the framework conditions for investing. For definitions and sources please review our notes to the data.
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Ambergris Caye, Azuero Peninsula, Bocas del Toro, Boquete, Central Pacific Nicaragua, Coco, Playa Hermosa and Papagayo, Coronado & San Carlos, Corozal, Flamingo, Granada and Lake Apoyo, Jaco beach, Panama City, Placencia real estate, San Juan del Sur real estate, Tamarindo, Tola Riviera & Popoyo,Real estate areas
Arenal, Belize City, Belmopan, Cahuita, Caye Caulker, Central Valley Costa Rica, Chorrera, Chuchecal Bay, Cumbres Lake, Dangriga, David, Dominical, El Valle, Esterillos, Flowers Bank, Fort Kobbe, Hopkins, Huacas, Isla Contadora, Laguna de Apoyo, Limon, Macal River, Maria Chiquita, Marsella, Maderas & Majagual, Matagalpa and Jinotega, Matapalo, Nicoya, North Pacific Nicaragua, Nosara, Papagayo, Paraiso, Parrita, Pearl Islands, Pintada, Playa Carillo, Playa Coyol, Playa Ostional, Poneloya, Puerto Viejo, Punta Chame, Punta Leona, Puntarenas, Quepos & Manuel Antonio, Samara, San Ignacio, Santa Catalina, Siquirres, Southern Pacific Costa Rica, South of San Juan del Sur, Tambor, Toledo, Volcan,In the news
International real estate
December 2008 – Road paves the way for progress on Belize peninsula
Work is progressing on several projects on the Belize peninsula of Placencia, long-touted as one of the Caribbean’s next hot spots. After years of delays, the government is finally paving the lone road that runs the length of the peninsula, home to one of the few stretches of white sandy beaches on the Belize mainland. Source: Kevin Brass, International Herald Tribune, Properties Blog
November 2008 – Panama Sept economic activity up 8.24 pct yr/y
Panama's economic activity increased by 8.24 percent in September compared with the same month a year earlier, the government said on Monday. Source: Reuters
November 2008 – Is Latin America really a property hotspot?
If ever there was a time to invest in an exotic home in Latin America, this is it - or so the sales pitch would have it. The region is being touted as the one most likely to emerge unscathed from the current economic turbulence, with luxury new developments aimed at foreign buyers in the most unlikely locations under the sun. Source: Susan Emmett, The Times