I am looking for opinions on what land/home prices will do after 2007. We are still a few years away from calling Bonaire home and are thinking of buying a lot sooner instead of later.

I am wondering if the property will be higher in demand after all of the changes take place thereby driving prices up.

Thoughts?

Lee,
None of us have any idea how much things will change only that they will. For sure there will a larger Dutch influence. I would look to Brigitte's threads for discussion of this. She is following it very closely in all languages and has been keeping the rest of us as up to speed.

http://www.oldbonairetalk.com/newsgroup/messages/36/256110.html?1139523929

Susan is right. Nobody knows.
9/11 caused a stagnant real estate market here for a year or a bit more. Other than something unexpected, prices should continue to rise gradually.
Bonaire might well start using the Euro instead of the dollar after the country ceases to exist around 7/07. For people paying in dollars, this will probably erode the value of dollars. Keep that in mind. I'm thinking you should buy before 7/07 if you earn dollars rather than Euros.