| Costa Rica has had an active and prosperous | | | | news could open themselves up an entirely new |
| property market for at least the last ten years | | | | market to target in Costa Rica. |
| with median market price movements across the | | | | This new expected explosion of interest will be |
| country at least trebling in that time, but as | | | | accompanied by continuing factors that will |
| recent history has shown us, the appeal of Costa | | | | underpin the ongoing appeal of Costa Rica for all |
| Rica is rising and up to quadruple gains have been | | | | investors and real estate buyers such as the fact |
| achieved in the most actively marketed and | | | | the nation is stable, secure and the Costa Rican |
| targeted real estate investment hotspots such as | | | | government is active in the promotion of the |
| Guanacaste in the past three years alone. | | | | nation as an attractive investment hotspot. While |
| All economic and political signs point to at least a | | | | the government maintains its focus on improving |
| prosperous short to medium term future for | | | | investment conditions and maintaining the overall |
| Costa Rica and because the nation's government | | | | attractiveness of the nation, it will continue to be |
| is doing all it can to attract even greater levels of | | | | a popular place to invest, retire and even live and |
| foreign direct investment and even more | | | | work. So far GDP growth in Costa Rica in 2006 |
| international retirees and expatriates to move to | | | | has exceeded al expectations of it and the |
| live in Costa Rica, this represents one of the | | | | International Monetary Fund has directly praised |
| most exciting periods to potentially profit from | | | | the Costa Rican authorities for actively working |
| property in Costa Rica in the country's history. | | | | towards the establishment of a free trade |
| At the present time the main demand for | | | | agreement with America and for curbing spending |
| properties for sale and rent in Costa Rica is from | | | | to make the economy incredibly strong going in |
| the North American baby boomer consumer with | | | | to 2007. |
| Northern American and some European travellers | | | | Finally, if you are not yet convinced that Costa |
| making up the strong tourism numbers which | | | | Rica is an excellent nation to explore for |
| support the property investment community by | | | | maximum profitability in 2007 consider the |
| demanding access to any well located buy to let | | | | following facts if you will - thanks to the |
| units...but the climate of activity in the property | | | | government's commitment to stabilising Costa |
| market is developing and 2007 could see one of | | | | Rica and making it attractive for investors foreign |
| the most significant periods of development | | | | direct investment is now stronger than ever in |
| occurring when direct cheap flights from the | | | | Costa Rica particularly in the tourism and property |
| United Kingdom begin. | | | | sectors, and anyone sitting back and still |
| From May 2007 Britons, (who are famously | | | | considering their options should bear in mind that |
| hungry for international real estate in the form of | | | | hundreds of buyers are ahead of them in making |
| investment opportunities or holiday homes in the | | | | their decision to commit to Costa Rica and the |
| sun as well as retirement homes), will be able to | | | | longer you leave it the higher prices will rise and |
| fly from London to Costa Rica, non-stop, direct | | | | the harder it will be to gain entry to this, one of |
| and cheaply! This will dramatically increase the | | | | the most exciting property markets for 2007 and |
| numbers of potential buyers arriving in 2007 | | | | beyond. |
| meaning that investors quick to react to this | | | | |