Costa Rica real estate has a new hotspot: the region of Puntarenas, with the most Costa Rica real estate construction permits issued last year. Near Puntarenas, you will find plenty of new real estate in Costa Rica developments, like the new Hilton Doubletree resort hotel at the lovely Dona Ana beach and within 75km you'll find the first Central American Blue Flag beach and Costa Rica real estate booming town of Jaco, with its new marina and several Costa Rica real estate developments, like the new 2000 beachfront condos being built. Added to this the new Costa Rica real estate booming and Central Pacific Chamber of Commerce, is the new freeway currently under construction connecting the capital, San José, to Jaco to cut drive times in half, and the new $3 million promenade planned in Jaco.
Timing is everything and now is the time to buy Costa Rica real estate in this area!
Surrounded by the Gulf of Nicoya, the Puntarenas region's Costa Rica real estate caters to your every heart's desire: nature reserves in the mountains, agriculture in the plains and tourist real estate in Costa Rica developments along the beaches. Declared a duty free port in 1845, Puntarenas itself attracts a loyal tourist base, beckoning local day-trippers, and holiday deal-seekers, as well as being the starting point for many excursion tours and ferries. It has recently become the most important port of call for some of the major cruise liners with its waterfront seafood restaurants, bars, and lively weekends.
Enviously situated in one of the top 3 regions in Costa Rica real estate for property value increases (25% per annum over last 7 years, additional 40% increase in 2007 alone), 30 minutes from the duty-free port of call Puntarenas with it's new marina, 94 km to the international airport of Liberia in the north, and 110 km from the capital San José with its international airport in the south. These Costa Rica real estate properties take advantage of its strategic location directly on the Pan-Am highway running from Alaska to South America, which connects San José to the established tourist villages and beaches of the Pacific Coast where real estate in Costa Rica is booming.
