{"type":"data","nodes":[null,{"type":"data","data":[{"market":1},{"schema_version":2,"document_type":3,"last_updated":4,"language":5,"country_code":6,"country":7,"slug":8,"region":9,"status":10,"live_on_site":11,"confidence":12,"section_order":13,"seo":27,"hero":30,"summary":36,"scorecard":44,"quick_facts":73,"strategy_fit":90,"development_reality":105,"foreign_ownership":122,"priority_cities":126,"catalysts":165,"risks":169,"lifestyle_base":173,"cta":178,"source_registry":183,"tags":208,"priority_rank":59,"group_id":212,"group_label":9,"launch_recommended":213,"status_summary":214},"1.0.0","market-intelligence-country","2026-03-29","en-GB","PA","Panama","panama","Latin America & Caribbean","active",true,"medium",[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26],"hero","verdict","scoreboard","quick_facts","strategy_fit","development_reality","foreign_ownership","priority_cities","catalysts","risks","lifestyle_base","cta","sources",{"title":28,"description":29},"Panama Market Intelligence | Perfect Mission","Panama combines open foreign ownership, a dollarised operating environment, and a credible international investor narrative — stronger on openness than on deep frontier mispricing.",{"eyebrow":31,"title":32,"subtitle":33,"cta_primary":34,"cta_secondary":35},"Market Intelligence","Panama: open, familiar, still investable","One of the easiest Latin American real-estate stories to explain to international capital, especially when titled property and clear structures are used.","Request a verified market memo","Request a market briefing",{"one_line_verdict":37,"market_stage":38,"operator_angle":41,"investor_angle":42,"base_case":43},"Panama is not the cheapest market, but it is one of the cleanest foreign-investor stories in Latin America.",{"label":39,"description":40},"Service-hub / selective rerating","Panama has long been internationally visible, yet it still offers selective real-estate opportunities because foreign ownership is open and demand is diversified.","Good market if you value legal openness and international familiarity more than the thrill of extreme frontier upside.","Panama is easy to explain: private property rights, dollar economy, and strong cross-border recognition.","Use Panama when the goal is an internationally legible LatAm platform market rather than a raw frontier bet.",[45,49,52,56,60,63,66,70],{"key":46,"label":47,"score":48},"rerating_potential","Rerating potential",7,{"key":50,"label":51,"score":48},"development_viability","Development viability",{"key":53,"label":54,"score":55},"baseability","Base quality",7.5,{"key":57,"label":58,"score":59},"foreign_capital_friendliness","Foreign-capital friendliness",9,{"key":61,"label":62,"score":48},"exit_liquidity","Exit liquidity",{"key":64,"label":65,"score":55},"tax_efficiency","Tax efficiency",{"key":67,"label":68,"score":69},"livability","Livability",8,{"key":71,"label":72,"score":55},"overall_fit","Overall fit for Perfect Mission",[74,78,82,86],{"label":75,"value":76,"source_ref":77},"Headline corporate tax","25%","pa_pwc_tax",{"label":79,"value":80,"source_ref":81},"Investment climate","State Department notes constitutional protection of private ownership and a generally open investment regime","pa_state_ics",{"label":83,"value":84,"source_ref":85},"Tourism signal","Roughly 3 million international visitors in 2025, up about 8.4% YoY","pa_tourism",{"label":87,"value":88,"source_ref":89},"Foreign ownership signal","Foreign investors can generally buy real estate with the same core rights as Panamanian citizens, subject to specific exceptions","pa_open_ownership",[91,95,98,101],{"strategy":92,"fit":93,"why":94},"Urban residential","strong","Particularly where international buyer familiarity and service-economy demand are both present.",{"strategy":96,"fit":12,"why":97},"Beach and lifestyle product","Works when title is hard, access is real, and the product is not pure expat brochure stock.",{"strategy":99,"fit":12,"why":100},"Logistics-adjacent product","Can make sense given Panama’s regional-hub profile.",{"strategy":102,"fit":103,"why":104},"Concession-land speculation","weak","Too easy to misunderstand what is and is not true freehold.",{"headline":106,"copy":107,"permit_friction":12,"title_reliability":12,"utilities":108,"best_entries":109,"avoid_first":113,"process_notes":117,"source_refs":121},"Open market, still title-sensitive","Panama’s main advantage is not raw cheapness but openness. 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