Why invest in Costa Rica?

  • Unspoiled natural beauty with a diverse ecological environment.
  • Politically stable and peaceful democracy.
  • American friendly and well educated population.
  • Over 60,000 American property owners and retirees.
  • Growing economy deriving from Tourism, Information Technology, and Real Estate Investment.
  • Real Estate laws in Costa Rica are very friendly to foreign investment.
  • Foreigners have the same rights as Costa Rican citizens to own Real Estate in Costa Rica.
  • Real Estate Values escalating but far from peaking.
  • Costa Rica boasts an excellent property registration system to protect buyers from hidden claims.
  • Most properties are fully titled and Steward Title Insurance is available to protect your investment. Steward is one of the leading title companies in the USA and the world. Several other USA title companies also provide coverage in Costa Rica.
  • Extremely low property taxes- $250.00 per $100,000 of declared value.
  • No Capital Gains Tax.

Growth in Costa Rica & Guanacaste

  • Tourism in Costa Rica is up 6% in the last year.
  • More than 1.73 million tourists visit Costa Rica per year.
  • 48% of all tourists come from the US, 16% from Europe and 36% from other countries.
  • Real-estate sales in Guanacaste and Puntarenas provinces in Costa Rica nearly tripled in the first quarter of 2007 over the first quarter of 2006.
  • Over 200 Fortune 500 Corporations have operations in Costa Rica including Procter and Gamble, Johnson and Johnson, Glaxo Smith Kline, Motorola and Siemens.
  • Improvements in infrastructure such as the new international airport in Liberia, the paving of roads and building of wireless phone towers.

Examples

  • The Four Seasons has announced plans for a second resort to be built in Guanacaste.
  • Steve Case just announced an $800 million dollar investment in an ecotourism resort 25 miles from Sonidos Del Mar.
  • Mel Gibson recently purchased a $26 million estate in Guanacaste.
  • Intel ships 30% of the world’s micro chips from Costa Rica.
  • Microsoft employees over 2000 workers in Costa Rica.
  • 12 new Wendy’s restaurants are opening throughout Costa Rica.
  • Wal-Mart recently opened its first store in Costa Rica.
  • Costa Rican president opened relations with China with anticipation of large investment.

Foreign Direct Investment figures

Foreign Direct Investment in Costa Rica, Sonidos del Mar Foreign Direct Investment by Sector, Sonidos Del Mar Foreign Direct Investment by Company, Sonidos del Mar