A few months ago, I put boots on the ground in one of the most beautiful places on earth—just as it’s entering a new era.
The Emerald Coast of southwestern Nicaragua is a glistening stretch of Pacific shoreline known for golden-sand beaches, jungle-clad hills, rich wildlife, world-class surfing, and a micro-climate where constant cool breezes moderate the year-round warm, tropical weather.
For decades, this coast’s biggest limitation wasn’t desirability—it was infrastructure and access.
That’s now changing.
A $400 million coastal highway—one of the largest infrastructure projects in Nicaragua’s recent history—is on the verge of completion there.
This is a textbook Path of Progress event (a Path of Progress is anything that makes a place easier to get to or more desirable).
I went down in November to see it for myself—and what I saw was striking. Areas that previously required a 4×4 are now easily accessible by sedan. Two previously separate tourism zones are being stitched together into one coherent coastal region.
That kind of connectivity can change everything.
To dig deeper on what this means on the ground, Ciaran Madden, editorial director of my Real Estate Trend Alert (RETA) group, recently recorded a video conversation with Zach Lunin—a longtime RETA contact, real estate broker, and rental manager who’s been living and working along Nicaragua’s southern Pacific coast for 25 years.
I shared this video with RETA members last week. And I wanted to share it here in Your Overseas Dream Home too, so you can see an example of the kind of research and insight that RETA members have access to.
Click here to watch the full conversation now…
RETA Editorial Director Ciaran Madden and broker Zach Lunin dig into the $400 million coastal highway project transforming Nicaragua’s southern Pacific coast…and what it means for the future of the region. Click above to view.
In this conversation, Ciaran and Zach dig into what this new highway is already changing…and what comes next, including:
- How the new highway already connects destinations up and down the Emerald Coast, slashing travel times and fundamentally reshaping how this region functions.
- The kinds of real estate opportunities this Path of Progress event is beginning to unlock…and the towns and beach destinations where Zach sees potential opportunity emerging.
- Current pricing for homes and lots along the coast…and the rental yields buyers can expect.
All this and more in their conversation here.
Wishing you good real estate investing,
P.S. RETA members will find Zach’s contact information in the RETA Rolodex—the directory of contacts and experts I rely on around the world.
