| Costa Rica property investment has provided | | | | infrastructure and Costa Rica property |
| investors with great capital gains over the last | | | | investment gives them access to this.A property |
| few years with low downside volatility.Many | | | | market can provide good upward growth for |
| investors now see Costa Rica property | | | | many years and Costa Rica property investment |
| investment as expensive and are looking at other | | | | is no different, the key is location.As foreign |
| Central American countries such as Belize and | | | | capital continues to come into the country, the |
| Nicaragua, but Costa Rica still looks a better | | | | way to enhance capital growth is to pick locations |
| investment in terms of risk to reward due to the | | | | wisely, in up and coming areas.Look at changes in |
| following:1. An established marketCosta Rica | | | | the infrastructure that benefit the expats and if |
| property investment still looks to have excellent | | | | you buy in these areas then capital growth |
| capital growth potential because it is an established | | | | potential to risk will be maximised.Value Capital |
| market.The fact is once foreign capital buys in | | | | growth potential in a secure countryCosta Rica |
| more follows, as it instils confidence and there is a | | | | property investment is no longer the cheapest in |
| track record to look at and this encourages | | | | Central America but offers value for money and |
| further investmentThe Expat community | | | | good capital gains potential, linked to low downside |
| continues to grow and the gains are too made in | | | | volatility.This after all what most investors are |
| new up and coming locations as existing | | | | looking for from property investment.Will |
| established locations need to expand out .2. | | | | countries such as Nicaragua and Belize for |
| StabilityCosta Rica is a stable investment | | | | example grow like Costa Rica?Only time will tell, |
| environment and unlike Nicaragua for example, | | | | but the amount of capital being invested in Costa |
| there is no threat to this stability such as the | | | | Rica property investment points to the fact that |
| Sandinista party, there is a track record of stable | | | | a lot of smart money still sees great |
| democracy.3. Standard of livingMany people | | | | potential.Costa Rica property investment for |
| coming from abroad want the lower costs of a | | | | retirees, second and holiday homes remains a solid |
| new location but they also want similar facilities to | | | | investment and the future looks bright for those |
| the ones they have at home, such as clean | | | | investors looking for great upside with low |
| water, good roads, entertainment and shops and | | | | downside volatility. |