What the Press has to say:

 

 

“Though real estate prices have risen fivefold since 2000, they are half those of Costa Rica or Panama, and a fraction of those in the United States” --  AM New York, New York Jan. 29, 2007

 

"Foreign investment will help reduce our unemployment problem." – Daniel Ortega

 

“Residential sales to Americans are increasing 25 percent a year.” -- Raul Calvet, Nicaraguan consultant to foreign developers.

 

 

“Nicaragua's long stretch of white sand beaches and stunning vistas along the Pacific Coast have become hot destinations these days for not only investors but also retirees and U.S. and European tourists. Visitors are also lured by the nation's volcanoes, lakes, rain forests and colonial towns like Granada” – San Francisco Chronicle

 

"Ortega has given absolute certainty for the respect of property rights."  -- Jamie Morales, Vice President

 

“Developers are scurrying to build along the Pacific Coast, where the government is improving the local infrastructure by paving roads and improving tourist areas…. Four years ago, a lot here with water, electricity, and paved roads started at $39,000. Now, an oceanfront lot in San Juan del Sur, with a home, can sell for up to $385,000. Yet, because Nicaragua is still booming, there are plenty of new developments emerging and a number of good deals remain along the Pacific Coast.” --- MSN Money

 

 

“Over the last 10 years I have lived in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina and Wellesley, and I feel the safest in Nicaragua…My experience is that people here are mostly friendly, open and quick to befriend Americans.” –Time Magazine writer Tim Rogers

 

 

"NICARAGUA the new FLORIDA--For sale hundreds of miles of pristine Central American beachfront property at low, low prices. Live like a king in a reformed marxist wonderland. Enjoy low taxes, eager domestic help, gorgeous women, and a rum-soaked pioneer spirit - all in a lush, freewheeling tropical setting. But hurry.... PARADISE is going fast as more and more discover one of the best places to retire!" – GQ Aug 2004

 

“One of the biggest misconceptions about Nicaragua is that it is unsafe. Statistically it's one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a lower homicide rate than neighboring Costa Rica or El Salvador or Honduras.”  –Miami Herald

 

“Today Nicaragua is finally being discovered as a destination. More than 500,000 tourists visited in 2005 -- up 15 percent from the previous year.”  -- CNN.com, Dec 05

 

 

Nicaragua is virtually unknown to most people and usually misunderstood, which is why forward-thinking investors can find some of the best real-estate deals on Earth in this country…. Nicaragua is one of the most beautiful countries in all the Americas. It boasts a dramatic Pacific coastline; long, gentle Caribbean beaches, volcanoes and freshwater lakes dot the hilly inland. Colonial cities like Granada and León offer visitors a taste of days gone by, while Managua, the capital, is rapidly becoming a real first-world city. --- MSN Money ‘The Worlds Best Kept Retirement Secret’

 

Climbing up over the hills, the vista opened before us, revealing the horseshoe-shaped harbor of San Juan del Sur, its fishing, sailing and diving boats bobbing beyond the white beach. "Why Nicaragua?" I asked myself again. The unexpected poetry of the place and its people touched me. I was already falling in love. --- LA Times, March 2005  ‘Tranquillity in an old trouble spot’

 

“Over the last few years buyers in search of bargains arrived in droves.  Europeans, liberal activists, surfers, backpackers and Entrepreneurs from Costa Rica and Mexico came bearing fistfuls of cash.” Men's Health,  January 2005 ‘Nicaragua: The next big thing.’

“It has now been almost 15 years since Nicaragua emerged from the ravages and despair of war, in fact Nicaragua is now amongst the safest countries in the region (according to a UN survey).” – Frommers, Nicaragua: Unspoiled and Open for Business Monday, November 11, 2004

 

 “Central America may still conjure up images of right-wing dictators and left-wing insurgents. But now, places such as Nicaragua and Honduras are beckoning some Americans seeking retirement destinations. Cheap living, affordable waterfront housing and pleasant weather are drawing many who wouldn't be able to live in similar luxury in the United States.”--NPR Sept. 2, 2004

 

In short, Nicaragua is easily accessible, safe, attractive and inexpensive, and investment opportunities are timely.  Nicaraguan officials, backed by voters, have driven these changes. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and participating nations of the Central American Free Trade Agreement have added their affirmations by making sweeping decisions strengthening Nicaragua's comeback.  – Pittsburgh Post Gazette ‘Pittsburghers find once war-ravaged country is a good place to invest’ Tuesday, August 24, 2004

 

"A beautiful and peaceful place now courting tourism.” – Chicago Tribune

 

“Nicaragua is the next surfing frontier in Central America…Nicaragua has no crowds, and is a refuge for the serious surfer seeking an alternative to the crowded lineups of Costa Rica to the south and Puerto Escondido to the North.” -  The WaveHunter, Bi-monthly Surf Travel Newsletter

 

“The waves bulged out of the ocean like blown glass, so clean and symmetrical that you stopped in midpaddle, not wanting to ride or disturb them, but just watch them collapse effortlessly into foam as the droplets of spray rose off their backs like bubbles in champagne.
John and Rich and I traded waves for an hour with the other three, dropping down the glassy faces and carving toward shore. It was the session you dream of when you set out for waves, where everything converges just right, and then, like a perfect wave or a mirage, dissipates the moment you catch it.”

– New York Times, ‘In Nicaragua, Chasing the Unsurfed Wave’ MARK SUNDEEN

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