The slowdown in the sale of properties at the various new housing projects in Panama has investors worried; however the auctions provide an alternative with which they can, at the least, recover a part of their investment.

Marijulia Pujol Lloyd reports in an article in La Estrella de Panama, that "Gary Gilbert, the representative of the J.P. King Auction Company Inc., is compiling a portfolio of properties for the event, and believes that at least 50 properties can be offered to buyers from different part of the world, especially from Russia, Europe, Colombia, Venezuela, and the United States.

Source: laestrella.com.pa

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