Overseas Property Investment

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

Donald Trump is expanding his hospitality empire in Central America with the opening of the Trump Ocean Club in Punta Pacifica, Panama. The sail-shaped building features 1,000 units of mixed residential and rental units along with multiple restaurants, shopping boutiques, a pool and spa area, and a…

U.S. expats are eyeing dropping prices on Costa Rican beachfront property as a place to enjoy their retirements in an area that affords a low cost of living and beautiful views with top-flight health care. Real estate analysts note that waterfront properties in the Central American country are selling…

Reasonable home prices, affordable health care and low taxes are attracting a swell of expat retirees to Panama. Real estate sales in the Central American country are booming and the Panamanian government is making moves that will likely ensure even more growth. The country is in the process of negotiating…

The approximately 76 million members of the baby boomer generation show a great interest in retiring to Central America. Most of these retirees will head for Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Belize or Brazil, all of which have beautiful beaches that thousands of Americans have already discovered. But only a few of these countries [...]

With Nicaragua’s recent media fame from the reality TV show Survivor, there is a definite uptick on people looking a little more closely about this central American country.  Here is a short video talking about the perceptions about Nicaragua and reality.  You will mind many of these items scattered through our blog archives, and this [...]

HouseInTheSun.com is a new property portal which has been launched and allows users to advertise and find any type of house, apartment or land for sale in sunshine countries. Problems to find a property portal that was focused on sunny countries in Caribbean, South America, Central America, Mediterrean and South East Asia etc., made the [...]

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 [...]