Mobility analysis and geomarketing techniques have become key factors in the real estate investment process.
In the process of searching and selecting areas for the acquisition of a property for real estate development, investors focus on finding those with the highest expected return on investment. This process, which until now was done using traditional financial and feasibility studies, has now become incredibly simple with mobility analytics and location intelligence based on Big Data.
This analysis enables real estate companies to make data-driven decisions on issues that define the success of a real estate business, from acquisitions, leasing, investments to marketing campaigns and operational processes.
Location analytics provides an unprecedented vision of the real estate market, analyzing real-time mobility data such as foot traffic, makes it possible to know the updated prices of economic areas and properties of interest, the development of construction processes, to optimize the real estate agents work routes, identify risk areas, etc.
From September 9 to 10, the VI Latin American Real Estate Congress CILA 2021 will be held in Ciudad Cayala, in zone 16 of the country's capital city, an event that will analyze opportunities to buy properties in the region and the reality of real estate sales in the post-pandemic era.
The Congress, which will be held under the theme "A new beginning in the real estate world", will offer conversations and panel discussions between Latin American countries, corporate stands for sponsors and virtual networking rooms.
Because office buildings are empty, stores are open only a few hours, and hotel occupancy rates are considerably low in this health crisis, the outlook for commercial real estate has been clouded and an uncertain future is projected.
Containment measures taken over the last year in response to the pandemic have closed stores and offices, and dealt a severe blow to demand for commercial real estate, particularly in the retail, hospitality and office segments, according to an analysis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
During the first weeks of the year, interest in apartment rentals increased in Honduras, Panama, Dominican Republic and Guatemala, a situation that contrasts with Costa Rica and El Salvador, markets in which interactions in the digital environment decreased.
Through a system that monitors in real time the changes in the interests and preferences of consumers in Central American countries, developed by CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project demand trends in the short and long term, for different products, services, sectors and markets operating in the region.
From January to June 2020, 57 environmental impact studies were presented for the construction of commercial buildings in Central American countries, and most of them are concentrated in Costa Rica and El Salvador.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, includes an updated list of public and private construction projects that present environmental impact studies (EIS) to the respective institutions in each country.
About 60% of the apartments in the district of Santa Ana, Costa Rica, have prices per square meter that range from US$1,500 to US$2,000.
An analysis of the real estate supply by area, prepared by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, shows interesting results on the behavior and distribution of prices per square meter in the sector of Santa Ana, in the province of San José.
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.
After the Malaga City housing project was acquired by ALD Inmobiliaria in Costa Rica, the construction company has re-started work on the 1,600-unit condominium.
In August, in order to reactivate the project under the name "Residencial Terra Verbena", the acquisition of the residential complex "Malaga City" located in Alajuelita by ALD Inmobiliaria from Rock Constructions was reported.
During the first half of 2018, 203 environmental impact studies were presented in Central American countries to develop condos, apartment buildings and other housing projects.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", included in the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, lists updated public and private construction projects that present environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions of each country.
In Costa Rica, residential projects aimed at families in the middle socioeconomic segment increasingly tend to be located outside of the greater metropolitan area.
Nacion.com reports that "...Housing options for people and families in the middle-income bracket, a segment also known as the middle class, are increasingly moving to sites farther away from the capital city, according to a survey carried out on Wednesday, August 22 between real estate agents participating in the housing fair Expocasa and Decoration."
In Costa Rica, a real estate developer has announced that it plans to start construction of an office building in Curridabat, San José, this year.
Representatives of construction company Desarrolladores 506, promoter of the project, reported that the building on seven levels will have 289 parking spaces.Its location will be in the northeast part of the Momentum Pinares shopping center and the new office tower will have direct access to the shopping center.
At the end of the first quarter, office space inventory totaled 1.4 million square meters, with an average price of $19 / m2, up 7% compared to the same period in 2016.
Data from the report "Office Real Estate Market up to June 2017" by Colliers Costa Rica shows that at the end of March this year the inventory amounted to 1.4 million square meters, an increase of 2.4% compared to the same period in 2016.
Stable returns is the main characteristic of real estate funds which in Costa Rica have shown annualized growth of 26% in their net assets.
An article in Nacion.com reports that "...Real estate funds spent $284.2 million on the acquisition of 32 buildings between April2016 and March 2017. As of March, net assets managed by the seven investment fund management companies (SAFI) amounted to¢754,255 million, after a year-on-year increase of 26%, according to the Superintendency of Securities (Sugeval)."
The poor state of road infrastructure is one of the reasons explaining the growing supply of projects that provide residential and office spaces in one single place.
Areas with free coworking options, spaces specially designed to house offices which are a few meters from the entrance to an apartment building are some of the characteristics of mixed real estate projects, whose supply is growing, particularly in the periphery of the greater metropolitan area.