It is quite normal that we encounter a would-be buyer who is not ready to buy a house yet. We advertise our property listings on a few local websites, dedicated to the Tico market. All our agents ...

Live your best "pura vida” in these scenic, real estate agent–recommended locations. Karla Walsh is a writer based in Des Moines, Iowa. She has written about travel, health, food, wine, psychology, ...

There is an amazing number of undesirable conditions that can have a negative impact on your property value in Costa Rica. The time to look at these is before you purchase, Then you still have time to ...

Q: I am an ESL teacher living in Costa Rica. My husband and I just sold our home here, but we don't know if we should stay or move back to the United States. Would it be safe to do so, with the ...

The agent of Casa Flotante, or "The Floating House," describes it as a blend of "tropical luxury" and sustainable design. The home’s architect, Benjamin Garcia Saxe, is known for designing ...

When Derek Ferguson traveled to Costa Rica in 1998 for a surfing trip, he met a man who’d built a house there 20 years earlier. “By 1998 he was a kind of crazy person, living in the jungle,” Ferguson ...