Tips for Sellers
As we approach the end of the year and the end of a decade, it is feeling like the appropriate time for a thorough recap of what’s been going on in our Costa Ballena real estate market. We are proud…
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Tourism in Costa Rica continued to be a big growth industry in 2019. International air travel increased by 4.5% in the first six months of this year. More than 1.3 million people flew into Costa Rica, equating to almost 60,000…
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If you spend any time reading expat message boards about buying property in Costa Rica, you will see a lot of commentary about how important it is to rent first and try it out. This may have been advisable since…
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Days on market in Costa Rica is not an indicator of the health of your listing. But how do we reconcile this idea with our international buyers who are used to days on market being an important indicator of real…
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Realtors in the South Pacific region of Costa Rica are expecting continued growth in the Costa Ballena real estate market. Residential and commercial properties are seeing growth in sales frequency and price since 2018. An undersupply in certain price brackets,…
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In December of 2018, the Costa Rican government approved a new tax law that includes the addition of a capital gains tax in Costa Rica. According to the law, the new capital gains tax will be implemented on July 1,…
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Since we have recently achieved a balanced market in Costa Ballena real estate–where sellers and buyers are now fairly equally numbered–we want to share with our sellers what it is that we’re doing to bring buyers to their property listing…
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To us realtors in Costa Rica, it’s pretty common to hear people say they want to buy a beautiful ocean view home in Costa Rica for under $300k USD. I mean, I guess that sounds pretty reasonable for a small…
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Costa Rica real estate hit the big time with investors in 2018, growing significantly over previous years. And our South Pacific region of Costa Rica is likely to be even bigger in 2019 that this year just coming to a…
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Choosing the right listing agent just got easier with this great guide based on one from HGTV and applied to our practice in Costa Rica. The world is full of people who sell real estate. Some of them are smart, efficient, focused,…
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