In Panama, a residential megaproject will be built in an area of 195 hectares to provide residential housing, apartment buildings, duplexes, commercial premises, and spaces for institutions that provide neighborhood services.
CentralAmericaData's Commercial section provides an up-to-date list of public and private construction projects that have submitted Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
In the first quarter of 2021, 35 environmental impact studies were submitted to develop condominiums, apartment buildings and other housing projects in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", from CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Unit, provides an updated list of public and private construction projects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
The Municipality of Panama tenders the improvement works of 12 residential complexes located in the Corregimiento de Calidonia.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-5-76-0-08-LV-013845:
"The work includes the supply of materials, tools, equipment, accessories, labor and all that is required to carry out the painting of facades and common areas and repair of roofs and balconies of 12 residential complexes in the Corregimiento de Calidonia, District of Panama.
Businessmen estimate that between 750 and 800 houses were sold in Nicaragua during the first four months of the year, a figure that would be far from the sales reported prior to the socio-political crisis of 2018, but would exceed the sales of the last three years.
In 2017, before the political and social crisis broke out, 5,000 houses were sold in the country per year.
In 2020, 172 environmental impact studies were submitted to develop condominiums, apartment buildings and other housing projects in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", by CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence Area, provides an updated list of public and private construction projects that have submitted environmental impact studies (EIA) to the respective institutions in each country.
Open spaces in the condominiums, green areas and enough rooms to accommodate a home office, are aspects that Guatemalan consumers consider when buying a residential property.
As a result of the covid-19 outbreak, the population in Guatemala was subjected to strict quarantine, which caused changes in people's behaviors and modified tastes and preferences.
In the first semester of 2020, 85 environmental impact studies were presented to develop condominiums, apartment buildings and other housing projects in Central American countries.
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.
Because of the new commercial reality that has emerged in an accelerated manner and with the boom of telecommuting, potential buyers are more inclined to buy an individual home, which offers more privacy, than an apartment.
With the spread of covid-19, strict home quarantines were decreed in Central American countries. This scenario encouraged the implementation of telecommuting and forced companies to adapt to new forms of operation.
The Panamanian government issued a decree to raise from $60,000 to $70,000, the maximum price for a home to apply to the Solidarity Fund contribution.
Through this norm for the zone code RBS (Residencial Bono Solidario), the sale price for the housing unit and the lot cannot exceed the sum of $70,000 at the national level. Previously it was $60 thousand, for some provincial capitals, reported the Ministry of Housing and Land Management.
Although the Guatemalan economy has almost stagnated in recent months, during the first half of the year the number of loans granted for the purchase of residences grew 3%, and by 2021 it is predicted that sales could be similar to those of 2019.
The social distancing measures and the prohibition of several economic activities decreed by the authorities due to the covid-19 outbreak, caused considerable negative effects to the Guatemalan real estate market.
Entrepreneurs in the real estate sector estimate that in the Panamanian market the prices of homes in inventory could fall between 5% and 10%, due to the economic crisis resulting from the outbreak of covid-19.
Although the construction industry is currently paralyzed because of the health emergency and the supply of new housing is not increasing, entrepreneurs anticipate a fall in the prices of residential property.
In the countries of the region about 4 million people are looking to buy or rent a residential property, and 11% of these consumers, explore options to rent an apartment.
The interactive information system developed by CentralAmericaData, monitors in real time the changes in consumer habits in all markets of the region, with fundamental information to understand the new commercial environment that has emerged in an accelerated manner.
In 2019, 426 environmental impact studies were submitted to develop condominiums, apartment buildings and other housing projects in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, includes an up-to-date list of public and private construction projects that present environmental impact studies (EIS) to the respective institutions in each country.
After the Preferential Interest Act was modified and the maximum limit for applying preferential interest to the purchase of homes was raised to $180,000, an 11% decrease in the inventory of available homes was reported.
A 207-home condominium estimated in $11 million in Costa Rica, and several apartment building projects in Panama and Guatemala, are part of the developments planned in the coming months in Central America.
The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects that are planned to be built in the coming months.