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Guanacaste north Pacific of Costa Rica experienced major growth
when the new Airport was announced in Liberia. Since then,
everything form
high rise, single family homes, Condos and
Townhomes have dotted the landscape in all the major areas.
The Guanacaste vacation home rental market flourished. Set in beautiful
Mountain top and Oceanfront locations, the views were so
dramatic, it was an overnight success and tourists flocked in
from all over the world.
Costa Rica has many advantages for investing offshore.
Costa Rica is a major tourist destination ranking first among
other central American countries. Tax benefits are very
attractive.
Costa Rica has a tremendously stable government and economy. it
is not debt driven accounting for it escaping the heavy setbacks
experienced by other countries during the 2009 meltdown of
financial markets around the world. This has created a unique
opportunity for investors who are hedging against falling
dollar, higher taxes to come and getting their IRA's back on
track.
A case for Costa Rica Investment
• Costa Rica has enjoyed a Democratic Republic Government for
100 years and in
1949 chose to abolish their military opting to use those funds
to provide health
care and education to all of its citizens. Costa Rica is known
as the “Switzerland
of the Americas.”
• Health care is provided for everyone.
• The education system of Costa Rica is ranked 40th in the
world, boasting a
literacy rate of over 95%.
• The World Bank Development Indicators recently rated Costa
Rica the number 1
country in all of Central and South America in terms of
Political Stability.
• Risk-analysis firm Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has announced an
improvement in
Costa Rica’s risk rating, moving the country’s credit score up
from stable to
This is why many large developers from around the world seeking
tourist destination locations have chosen Costa Rica.
Projects varying in scope are located in many of the areas
such as Papagayo, Tamarindo, Playa Langosta, Playa Hermosa and
Nicoya.
Costa Rica offers one of the most
attractive investment environments in Latin America.
• Real Estate Taxes: Low real estate taxes equivalent to 00.25%
of the registered value of the property.
• Real Estate Insurance is extremely low ranging from 00.20% -
00.30% of the
property replacement value.
• Capital gains tax is non
existent.
Costa Rica's north Pacific development program over the las 8
years has spurned investment in
Guanacaste vacation properties all along the coast.
Here are some the areas of interest:
Bagaces ,
Cańas, Carrillo
,
Laguna,
Liberia ,
Nicoya, Nosara
,
Playa Conchal,
Playa Potrero,
Samara beach,
Santa Cruz,
Tamarindo ,
Tambor,
Junquillal
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