THE CARIBBEAN: A GUIDE TO INVESTMENT DESTINATIONS

		St.Kitts and Nevis

Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (or the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis)is located in the Leeward Islands .It is a unitary island nation in the Caribbean and the smallest nation in the Americas in both area and population. The capital city and government for the federated state is mainly on the larger island of Saint Kitts (formerly named Saint Christopher). The smaller state of Nevis (formerly named: Nuestra Seņora de las Nieves) lies about 3 km southeast of Saint Kitts. Historically the British dependency of Anguilla was also a part of this union, which was then known collectively as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla.

Saint Kitts and Nevis has the distinction of being two of the Caribbean's oldest colonised territories. The federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is divided into fourteen parishes: nine divisions on Saint Kitts and five on Nevis. The Curreny is the EC dollar(eastern Caribbean).
The housing market in St Kitts and Nevis is booming. St Kitts and Nevis was named 18th in the top 20 places to buy abroad by Amanda Lamb on Channel 4's A place in the sun. Cost to complete is usually around 12% of purchase price plus 0.2% of purchase price.