Manta Ocean View Apartment $76,000
Jul 29th, 2011 by Gary
This is a brand new apartment located in the best area of Manta, ready for occupancy August 2011.
Third floor with a great ocean view.
Appx. 1,100 square feet.
Two bedrooms,
two bathrooms.
Each apartment has its own water tank and pump.
This Manta apartment is in a quiet residential zone with only new constructions, great for children.
This ocean view apartment is 2 minutes by car to the Malecón and beach, and walking distance to the university.
Price: $ 76,000
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Ecuador Crime
Choosing a good area in Manta is important right now because in the 15 years I have been in Ecuador, the Ecuador crime risks have continually shifted.
My first arrival in Ecuador was at Guayaquil… a big commercial city. I loved the place… reminded of Hong Kong in the 1960s… raw… unpretentious… a jumbled hive of extreme energy.
Yet back then (about a decade and a half ago) there were serious crime problems and most of our readers we took there were not impressed.
Then Guayaquil’s mayor decided to seriously kick the criminals rear ends and he cleaned up the malecon a lot.
Crime shifted to elsewhere.
Then later it shifted back to Guayaquil.
Now Jean Marie Butterlin reports it is shifting again.
Jean Marie writes: Manta is getting more dangerous than Guayaquil. There were 56 murders in the first six months reported in the paper today. A lot of these murders are gang related but this is still a big increase! One of our old clients who stayed in Manta has just moved to Vistazul in San Clemente.
In Guayaquil things seemed to have improved (a bit like Medellin in Colombia). Guayaquil might become an option for city lovers in the future if the trend continues.
Bahia continues to offer low crime and good value. Real estate prices in the resale market are still 33% below what they were pre-earthquake in 1998.
Super-Maxi has confirmed that it will build in Bahia; completion within a year.
About Ecuador crime. Readers ask about crime in Ecuador all the time. Personally I have never found crime any worse in Ecuador than elsewhere… and in many places much less.
Crime may be a problem in Manta, as in all port cities but…
Port of Manta
Gated Community Central Manta
there are…
View from Gated Community Central Manta
Gated Community just south of Manta, Ecuador.
many… safe areas in Manta as there are in every city.
Crime is everywhere in the world in spots. Some parts of all countries have more crime that others and tourists are usually the greatest at risk…because they do not know the area they are visiting well.
A July 12, 2011 article in the Albuquerque Express entitled “Study: Crime risk near airports exceeds national average” says: The risk of becoming a crime victim is four times greater than the national average in areas outside most of the nation’s big city airports, a new study by a crime-forecasting company reveals.
The exclusive study, done for USA TODAY by CAP Index, of Exton, Pa., shows that the likelihood of a crime exceeds the national average outside 28 of 29 airports in the most populous metropolitan regions of the country and all 26 central train stations studied.
Airports and train stations may feel safe to travelers because of a greater presence of police and security people. However, travelers should be careful not to carry a false sense of security outside with them, criminologists warn.
Areas of special risk include Philadelphia International Airport, George Bush International airport Houston’s Amtrak station. The area outside Houston’s station on Washington Avenue has a higher crime risk than any other area near a big central train station.
Union Station in Los Angeles and Chicago, and Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station are riskier than most.
Furthermore, a July 13, 2011 USA Today article “Crime lurks outside airports, rail stations” by Gary Stoller, magnifies these crime risk warnings and says: Frequent business traveler, Jim Shriner, says it’s too risky to walk through neighborhood streets outside the Philadelphia and Newark airports.
I would not venture out alone on foot into either of these areas,” says Shriner, who lives in Lithia, Fla., and is a vice president in the health care industry.
Shriner, like other veteran travelers, knows the risk of becoming a crime victim often increases once he leaves the confines of an airport or central train station and goes into surrounding neighborhoods — where travelers routinely pick up or return rental cars, refill gas tanks, buy provisions and check into hotels.
Safety in Bahia
Jean Marie reports: There is very little crime in Bahia, although some petty thefts have been reported. Bahia is very laid back and kids play in the streets even late in the evenings. A small part of the local community has organized themselves and are investing about $6,000 to place 10 video cameras in strategic locations all over the city. These cameras will be linked to the local police station. This group is also putting up billboards around the city, showing that the streets are being monitored with a picture of an “Ojo, the Aguilla” or “Eagle’s Eye”.
This is good prevention as Bahia residents had some fears that the opening of the bridge over the Chone might increase crime. Before the bridge was completed, one could not escape Bahia easily as there was only one route.
The bridge creates a second escape route for criminals. Plus a third route is being finished that will pass behind the hill of La Cruz (white cross).
La Cruz Bahia
Canoa has reported some problems (two rapes in the last two years), but Canoa is more of a party town with young foreigners as well as teenagers from Quito. In Bahia we are very happy to see the “party” people go to Canoa and enjoy their lives there, leaving us quietly behind.
Crime is everywhere… around the world. When you look for a house, check out the crime in the area before making your choice.
Gary
See some safe Ecuador beach areas on an Ecuador mid coast real estate tour.
Ecuador Real Estate Mid Coast Tour
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Mid Ecuador coastal real estate offers sun and sea… beauty and convenience from Manta to Bahia at a low cost.
This three day tour takes five days in total. One day is for travel to Manta. Three days is to inspect real estate. The fifth day is to return to Quito.
Here are delegates overlooking Crucita on a previous Ecuador mid coast real estate tour.
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These mid beach real estate tours last 5 days including travel to and from Manta. You should arrive in Ecuador one day before the tour travel date.
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Ecuador real estate tours are the most efficient way to learn about Ecuador’s real estate market.
These tours help you the maximum number of properties in the shortest period of time.
These tours offer the following benefits:
You save time. When your time is limited, you cannot afford to wait or worse miss seeing properties because sellers are no show or you cannot find a location. We review the properties you will see in advance. We schedule the most efficient way to travel…from each property to the next. We double (and triple) check that the seller will be at the property! We check again by cell phone even while we are on the tour. This saves a lot of time as Ecuador sellers have a non show reputation.
Frequently, sellers get busy and forget to show up or arrive hours late.
Plus with our multi lingual tour guides…you do not get lost!
You Save Money! The real estate tours have taken thousands of delegates to see Ecuador real estate over the past decade. We know what prices are being asked for real estate throughout Ecuador and can help tour delegates avoid overpriced property.
You gain hotel discounts and savings on guide and taxi fares during the tour. This savings alone is often worth more than the cost of the tour.
Sellers know our reputation for bringing buyers to Ecuador and that we do not charge commission so they often give our tour delegates discounts which we help negotiate for you.
You Gain Safety. Our tour guides know which areas are to be avoided. They know which restaurants would make you ill. Plus we maintain a list of English speaking Ecuador attorneys who have successfully helped many delegates buy real estate.
How is this for an Ecuador “on – the – beach” front yard?
See condos with access to this infinity pool right on the beach.
Ecuador coastal real estate tours view a nearly 100 mile stretch of beach from Manta to Bahia.
The tours focus in the area north of Manta, Crucita, San Clemente, Bahia and the areas north past Jama.
Here is a view from houses built above Crucita.
The Ecuador mid coast real estate inspections begin in Manta, which is the major city where you will see condos houses, theaters, shopping malls etc. We view many Manta condos like this, with…
views like this. They typically run about $100 to $120 a square foot. This is usually the most expensive price you’ll see… by far and you’ll see them as low as $85.
The tour looks at Ecuador beach property in Beach villages like Crucita, San Clemente and then centers in Bahia, the nicest town on the coast, Bahia has 25,000 people and is Ecuador’s first Eco City. We view condos, houses and lots for sale along the way. Here is the center of Bahia.
The Bahia Yacht club
Here is a Bahia hotel, Casa Ceibo was an old house transformed into a luxury, boutique hotel that…
our delegates enjoy.
We cram in as many properties as we can without neglecting time for fun.
You’ll see beach lots…
as well as houses and…
hotels like…
this.
You’ll save time… and avoid trouble. You’ll gain safety, get to see many more properties on wonderful surf and sand.. than you would see on your own.
The tour fee includes the course, all bus travel, plus pickup and return to Quito airport if required.
The fee does not cover internal travel or round trip air fare from Quito to Manta, accommodations or food. Quito Manta round trip fares are $98 at time of this writing. Hotel prices run $35 and $72/plus 22% service & tax per night for double occupancy depending of the hotel category. A typical lunch is $5.
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Ecuador real estate tours are the most efficient way to learn about Ecuador’s real estate market.
These tours help you the maximum number of properties in the shortest period of time.
These tours offer the following benefits:
You save time. When your time is limited, you cannot afford to wait or worse miss seeing properties because sellers are no show or you cannot find a location. We review the properties you will see in advance. We schedule the most efficient way to travel…from each property to the next. We double (and triple) check that the seller will be at the property! We check again by cell phone even while we are on the tour. This saves a lot of time as Ecuador sellers have a non show reputation.
Frequently, sellers get busy and forget to show up or arrive hours late.
Plus with our multi lingual tour guides…you do not get lost!
You Save Money! The real estate tours have taken thousands of delegates to see Ecuador real estate over the past decade. We know what prices are being asked for real estate throughout Ecuador and can help tour delegates avoid overpriced property.
You gain hotel discounts and savings on guide and taxi fares during the tour. This savings alone is often worth more than the cost of the tour.
Sellers know our reputation for bringing buyers to Ecuador and that we do not charge commission so they often give our tour delegates discounts which we help negotiate for you.
You Gain Safety. Our tour guides know which areas are to be avoided. They know which restaurants would make you ill. Plus we maintain a list of English speaking Ecuador attorneys who have successfully helped many delegates buy real estate.
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Read “Crime lurks outside airports, rail stations”
Study: Crime risk near airports exceeds national average Albuquerque Express
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