Author: Liz Larroquette

Since I’ve been in the business of Panamanian real estate for more than a decade, I have seen a lot of promotions come and go. These incentives will normally include something extra in the deal for buyers. On occasion, it has included offers as simple as upscaling the French sliding doors from the living room to [...]

I love going to the Amador Causeway. It’s just a three-mile strip of palm-tree lined roadway connecting the Pacific Ocean islands of Naos, Perico, Culebra and Flamenco. The causeway snakes from the bustling urban streets of Panama City, into the Pacific Ocean where it guards the southern entrance of the Panama Canal. Along the Amador roadway, [...]

It’s an exciting time in Panama as we welcome our new President, Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo; elected May 5th to serve a five-year-term, beginning July 1, 2019. This will be Cortizo’s only term as president, since Panamanian law prohibits anyone from succeeding themselves. Cortizo is the seventh democratically elected president after the fall of dictator Manuel Noriega [...]

The other day I was enjoying dinner at one of my favorite Coronado restaurants, Luna Rossa, when I ran into a group of retired expats enjoying the great food and drinks. It was a group of about ten, who were seated at a communal table so I took the opportunity to ask them a few questions. [...]

There are some people who enter your life and leave you incredibly improved. For me, it was a visiting professor at university who took an interest in me and essentially changed my life. After more than two decades had passed, I recently received a text from him asking for a few “tips” on what to do [...]

Anyone who is familiar with large real estate construction projects, knows it takes time to go from pre-development to construction and then operation. There are a lot of moving parts, which is why I was a little surprised when I heard two very large and very different projects broke ground last month In Costa del Este. [...]

As an Australian, I’ve always thought we were lucky to celebrate the new year almost before anyone else on the planet. There are a few islands and some parts of New Zealand & Russia who ring in the new year a couple of hours before we do in Sydney, but we’re among the first. Music, good [...]

For months, Panama had been getting ready to welcome Pope Francis for World Youth Day 2019 (WYD). The conference, which will bring an estimated 500,000 visitors, opens on January 22 and ends six days later on January 27th. The Pope will be in Panama for almost the whole conference, arriving one day after the official start, [...]

Recently, I was at a party in the States and found myself making small talk with a wide variety of interesting people. Waiters moved seamlessly with small trays of appetizers and bottles of wine ready to pour, complete with small cloths draped perfectly over the non-dominate arm. Explaining I lived in Panama with an Aussie accent [...]

When the President of China Xi Jinping came to visit Panama, it was a very big deal. One could say he was just on this side of the globe, but that really wasn’t the case. The Panamanian President, Juan Carlos Varela, didn’t just serve Xi some of the world’s best Geisha coffee, they also signed a [...]

I have always enjoyed showing Casa Bonita to clients from around the world. They are beautiful homes which overlook the Panama Canal. I also never get tired of watching the boats queue up and wait their turn to move from one ocean to the other. The Canal is simply the most incredible engineering feat and a [...]