Identifying the best areas to invest in, knowing what type of property is in demand in each area, whether you are looking for more rentals or sales, homes or offices, or in which segments of the population there is more demand for each type of property, is part of what can now be analyzed using modern Big Data techniques.
The real estate market is not alien to the new reality focused on analyzing large volumes of information and making business decisions based on data.
Investors and entrepreneurs in the global real estate sector will be meeting from 21st to 26th of May in Panama City to discuss issues such as project finance and marketing trends.
The World Congress of the International Federation of Real Estate Professionals (FIABCI) will be held this year in Panama City, and is expected to include the participation of representatives of companies linked to the housing market from all continents.
Estimates are of a market potential of $80 to $100 million for the development of real estate funds in the next two years.
The Invercasa Financial Group announced that it is negotiating with the Superintendency of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (Siboif) to open a real estate fund management company.
Statistics from Invercasa have recently indicated that in the last 18 months, since the firm entered the market of real estate investment, these funds represent 97% of all international transactions in Nicaragua, resulting in 70 domestic investors contributing 10 million dollars, with gains of 7.5%.
The Panamanian group of companies, Convivienda projects sales in 2012 amounting to $665 million with the delivery of 7,429 homes.
The director of the national council of housing developers, explained that the with the Preferred Interest Act raising the ceiling on the value of homes which can benefit to $120,000 will help... "the middle class above all, because there are more chances to get a house for a longer period", reported Panamaamerica.com.pa
The economic and tourism boom has created an inordinate amount of investment in hotels, which is threatening to lower the occupancy rate to unsustainable levels.
The opening of more than 20 hotels has been announced for 2012, adding 6,000 rooms to the inventory offered by Panama, and representing an annual increase of 300% in the hotel supply, while the increase in the number of visitors to the country during 2011 grew by - 13%, which although significant, is far below what would be needed to keep up the hotel occupancy rate, which currently stands at 66%.