Costa Rica was chosen Happiest Place on the Planet for the 2nd year in a row by the NEF and HPI (Happy Planet Index). What makes Costa Rica a very attractive place to live is the people's focus on quality of life, family, education and health care and a regime that promotes ecology and sustainability.

Elements considered in the annual report are eco impact, wellness and life expectancy among other things. Ecology and environmental consciousness are two items synonymous with Costa Rica. It is also a place with a long history of democracy and a potent social web conducive to the enjoyment of its residents.

Without having an army since the 1940s, Costa Rica has actually taken the surplus in funding and invested it in a first-class education system and an amazing health care system. The nation, regarded as the Switzerland of the Americas, has turned out to be a worldwide leader in eco-tourism and is deemed as one of the trendiest travel getaways on the planet. Its incredible beauty, sound democracy, healthy life style and social system have likewise combined to allow it to be one of the most desired retirement and investment areas in the Americas.

It was not all that long ago when MSNBC labeled the Costa Rica segment one of the hottest on the planet - with help of this outstanding media spot, the numbers would continue to develop until around 2007 when the worldwide economic crisis would affect Costa Rica. With such a short length of the effects of the crisis, Costa Rica has since recuperated and is well on it's way back to their once booming Costa Rica real estate sector.

With the obvious boom in construction throughout the San Jose vicinity, realtors are speculatively agreeing there may be a rise in commercial real estate in Costa Rica in the pipeline. Avenida and Multiplaza Escazu are both expanding which demonstrates the position that commercial Costa Rica real estate is on the increase. While at this point the Multiplaza Escazu reins as the largest shopping centre in the country, in 2014 you'll find one more by the name of City Mall that is slated to be even larger and Costa Ric Real estate (www.hitslongboarding.com) completed simultaneously as compared to in phases.