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Panama’s housing market split in two in 2025, with apartments growing 11.1% while houses and land fell 6.5%, and 2026 has opened with the strongest construction investment in five years, a 26% jump in Q1 permits, and developer projections of 38% more new homes sold this year than last.
Panama’s Ministry of Public Works is investing $1.2 billion in roads in 2026, including a 192-kilometer, 20-year Pan-American Highway partnership, and the plan touches Boquete, Cambutal, Coronado, Coclé, Santiago, and several other regions Casa Solution serves, directly targeting the one weak spot, infrastructure, in Panama’s otherwise chart-topping expat rankings.
President Mulino has announced a forthcoming tourism incentives law aimed at directing large private investment into Panama’s under-developed interior, using tax exemptions rather than the tax credits that drew controversy under the previous administration, with the bill headed to the Cabinet Council on August 4 before moving to the National Assembly.
For the third year running, Panama has been ranked the best country in the world for expats by InterNations’ Expat Insider 2026 survey, topping the Working Abroad and Personal Finance indices outright and posting some of the strongest satisfaction numbers of any country measured.
Bocas del Toro is emerging as a top summer 2026 destination for US travelers, and the same qualities driving that tourism growth, island beauty, easy access, and a laid-back Caribbean pace, are exactly what’s fueling growing interest in the archipelago’s real estate.
Panama’s Ministry of Public Works is running 25 road projects across Chiriquí, from a nearly finished beach road at La Barqueta to a coffee-country route pushing into Boquete’s highlands, work that stands to improve access and property appeal across the province.
Panama’s $180,000 to $300,000 property segment is outperforming the rest of the market in 2026, with sales up 30% year over year and rents climbing as new construction commands a growing price premium.
