Overseas Property Investment

The most recent central america property investment news from a variety of international property news sources.

Law for the Promotion of Foreign Investment (Law No. 344) The main legislation that governs foreign investment consists of Law No. 344 for the Promotion of Foreign Investments and its bylaws, as well as other sector-specific laws that provide incentives for investment. Law No. 344 provides: a) equal treatment of foreign and domestic investment; b) [...]

Nicaragua is an original Member of the WTO, and attaches considerable importance to its participation in the multilateral trading system. Since the beginning of 1990s, Nicaragua has engaged in multilateral negotiations, regional and bilateral negotiations (Free Trade Agreements). Preferential agreements have become an important component of trade liberalization in Nicaragua. The country offers: 48 universities [...]

The Global Peace Index 2010 (GPI) revealed recently that Nicaragua remains the second safest country in Central America. The study conducted by GPI evaluates over 149 countries and includes indicators such as the levels of military expenditure, its relations with neighboring countries, number of homicides, level of organized conflict and the level of respect for [...]

One of Nicaragua’s greatest assets is its people. Nicaragua’s population is very young; in fact 80% of the total population (an estimated 5.7 million in 2009) is under the age of 39. The country’s labor force is made up of 2.3 million people, and it is known to be flexible and highly productive, with good [...]

Nicaragua has approximately 19,000 km of roads connecting the capital, Managua, to all major cities. The Pan- American Highway traverses the country from north to south. It is 370 km long and connects Nicaragua with Honduras and Costa Rica. The main highways have been refurbished substantially in the last two years, including the highways that [...]

Nicaragua has approximately 19,000 km of roads connecting the capital, Managua, to all major cities. The Pan- American Highway traverses the country from north to south. It is 370 km long and connects Nicaragua with Honduras and Costa Rica. The main highways have been refurbished substantially in the last two years, including the highways that [...]

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a flurry of press releases and short clips confirming what we have been hearing for some time – Survivor is coming to Nicaragua for not one but the next two seasons! The Spanish version of Survivor (Supervivientes) is planning season 11 in the Pearl Keys Area [...]

Recently I came across an article in Nuwire about a new Real Estate Investment site for Central America called RevealRealEstate.com.  According to the article the content is managed by a set of former brokers who have worked in the region and after seeing the difficulty of finding reliable information built this application.  I decided to [...]

Recently I came across an article in Nuwire about a new Real Estate Investment site for Central America called RevealRealEstate.com.  According to the article the content is managed by a set of former brokers who have worked in the region and after seeing the difficulty of finding reliable information built this application.  I decided to [...]

(Photo: Bill Wooten) Despite a world financial crisis and a year of political turmoil here, Nicaragua’s small yet feisty tourism sector proved its resilience in 2008 by growing 7.2 percent, according to numbers released this week by the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR). This from an article this past week in the Nica Times. INTUR is [...]