Why Uruguay?
U.S.-based entrepreneur Steve Bowman and his wife, Chris, looked in Panama and researched other tropical locales before they bought property in Piriapolis, Uruguay’s old resort town, 18 months ago. Their reasons for choosing Uruguay included the country’s stability and relatively unspoiled coastline, as well as the friendly people.
They were also enticed by non-bubble prices […]
For those of you who are not familiar with my development, Valle Escondido, it is a master planned community located in the small village of Boquete in the mountains of western Panama.
Today, Valle Escondido has 176 residences made up of single family homes, duplexes and condominiums and a resort complex with 40 rooms, bungalows […]
Afraid you missed the boat on the Costa Rican real estate market? It might be time to direct your gaze a little further south. Based on the crop of new resorts and luxury real estate offerings, it looks like Panama is following Costa Rica’s highly successful lead by attracting real estate developers and establishing itself […]
By Carly Horton for the Alaska Journal of Commerce - Kuna Indians from the San Blas Islands inspect a stump extracted from Gatun Lake, near the Panama Canal, by Anchorage-based marine diving contractor Gunderboom Inc. Gunderboom is training members of the Kuna tribe in basic commercial diving, and to use the equipment and techniques to […]
With volatile markets, stock exchange slumps, property declines and experts predicting a year of market uncertainty, are the old favourites like property and shares still smart investment choices?
Experts agree that it will be harder in 2008 to make the right investment decisions. However, that shouldn’t deter you from investing.
Dr Kate Warne, an Edward Jones […]
Here is an interesting spin about the Panama economy from La Prensa today. Lower rates mean better mortgage rates. Obviously a rather short sighted economist wannabe! Come to think of it, that is the same strategy Bernanke is using in the U.S..
Panama looking good to investors.
The cost of financing in Panama will be cheaper […]
With the estimated arrival of nearly 2 million tourists to Costa Rica in 2008, and a projected income of nearly $3 billion for the tourism industry, it’s no wonder that luxury hotel and rental establishments are tripping over themselves to get in on the action.
Costa Rica Investment — Luxury Investments on the Rise
Last year […]
My readers know that I harp on this theme every time there is a news article about it. The reason I spend so much time on it is because it is important to investors to understand how these countries manipulate through money. These manipulated countries don’t care about idealism, just show them the money! Investors, […]
The shiny skyscrapers that soar above Panama City’s coast and loom over the small Central American capital give it a skyline more suited to an Asian powerhouse like Hong Kong or Singapore.
While a subprime mortgage crisis batters the US, construction has been booming in Panama. According to the most ambitious construction plans, Panama was to […]
Simply incredible. That’s the only way to describe the property boom in Panama.
About 30,000 units were built between July 2006 and July 2007, another 40,000 announced and/or being built, and rental yields are going through the roof. Tourism and business are equally attracted. Global corporations like Hilton are building skyscraping hotel complexes […]
