Buying vs Renting in Panama: What We Wish We'd Known

Rental prices vary dramatically by neighbourhood and property type. A furnished two-bedroom apartment in Marbella or El Cangrejo runs $900–1,400 USD per month. The same quality in a beach community like Coronado is $600–900 USD. In Boquete, you can find excellent three-bedroom homes for $700–1,000 USD per month .                                                                                                                                      Our Friends, John & Coral, rented in an area that they really liked, however after living there, they found it exceptionally noisy due to the city based Panamanians who "party hard and loud" when on holiday. So they looked further afeild from the beach and found a lovely unit in a small condominium in the Punta Barco area  

Rental prices vary dramatically by neighbourhood and property type. A furnished two-bedroom apartment in Marbella or El Cangrejo runs $900–1,400 USD per month. The same quality in a beach community like Coronado is $600–900 USD. In Boquete, you can find excellent three-bedroom homes for $700–1,000 USD per month .                                                                                                                                      Our Friends, John & Coral, rented in an area that they really liked, however after living there, they found it exceptionally noisy due to the city based Panamanians who "party hard and loud" when on holiday. So they looked further afeild from the beach and found a lovely unit in a small condominium in the Punta Barco area  

Rental prices vary dramatically by neighbourhood and property type. A furnished two-bedroom apartment in Marbella or El Cangrejo runs $900–1,400 USD per month. The same quality in a beach community like Coronado is $600–900 USD. In Boquete, you can find excellent three-bedroom homes for $700–1,000 USD per month .                                                                                                                                      Our Friends, John & Coral, rented in an area that they really liked, however after living there, they found it exceptionally noisy due to the city based Panamanians who "party hard and loud" when on holiday. So they looked further afeild from the beach and found a lovely unit in a small condominium in the Punta Barco area  

Rental prices vary dramatically by neighbourhood and property type. A furnished two-bedroom apartment in Marbella or El Cangrejo runs $900–1,400 USD per month. The same quality in a beach community like Coronado is $600–900 USD. In Boquete, you can find excellent three-bedroom homes for $700–1,000 USD per month .                                                                                                                                      Our Friends, John & Coral, rented in an area that they really liked, however after living there, they found it exceptionally noisy due to the city based Panamanians who "party hard and loud" when on holiday. So they looked further afeild from the beach and found a lovely unit in a small condominium in the Punta Barco area  

Rental prices vary dramatically by neighbourhood and property type. A furnished two-bedroom apartment in Marbella or El Cangrejo runs $900–1,400 USD per month. The same quality in a beach community like Coronado is $600–900 USD. In Boquete, you can find excellent three-bedroom homes for $700–1,000 USD per month .                                                                                                                                      Our Friends, John & Coral, rented in an area that they really liked, however after living there, they found it exceptionally noisy due to the city based Panamanians who "party hard and loud" when on holiday. So they looked further afeild from the beach and found a lovely unit in a small condominium in the Punta Barco area