This is an incredible luxury home in Escaleras, perched above Dominical with open air design to optimize the tropical lifestyle of Costa Rica. Panoramic vistas of the Dominicalito Bay and Punta Dominical with coastline all the way to Manuel Antonio offer an unsurpassed view. Cool breezes off the ocean during the day and down from the mountains at night allows for indoor/outdoor living in absolute...
Costa Rica Real Estate
There are many questions first time Buyers in Costa Rica may have and these are some of the most common we experience. This guide of Frequently Asked Questions will help first time Buyers become informed of the Buying Process and different aspects of owning property in Costa Rica. What is the procedure to buy a Costa Rica property? First: After you have found the right property with your Real Estate...
Playa Matapalo is a beautiful pristine beach located in between Dominical and Quepos/Manuel Antonio. Offering miles of secluded sandy coastline to explore and fun waves to surf and play make this one of the area’s best beaches. Many tourists and buyers alike overlook Playa Matapalo and want to be in Manuel Antonio or Dominical, but it really is an ideal location between the two. You can be at the...
Once again Costa Rica has been determined the Happiest Planet on Earth in the annual Happy Planet Index (H.P.I.) by the New Economic Foundation. The study ranks countries in terms of life expectancy, the amount of well being experienced by the local population, and environmental impact. Costa Rica has been in the top 3 since the formation of the first H.P.I. in 2006 and has been #1 for the past 2...
In the past investing in Costa Rica real estate was one of the best investments Worldwide with exponential returns year over year. However, these exuberant returns were unsustainable and when the global economic crisis hit the property values had to come back down to realistic levels. Today it appears we have past the bottom of the cycle and many of the fire sales have been swooped up by savvy...
Most people dream about moving to a tropical paradise and enjoying the beach and beautiful scenery while living a laid back lifestyle. Then reality strikes and they think it is an impossible dream only for the wealthy and they go back to plugging away at the ‘rat race’. Well, this dream can become a reality and for less than one would imagine. In this blog we will discuss on how to leave it all...
Once in a while a deal comes along that seems too good to be true and this is one of them! The Casa Cartago is an amazing luxury home minutes from Dominical and the beaches located in the most exclusive gated communities in the Southern Zone. The other homes in the neighborhood are all million dollar plus range and all have some of the best views Dominical, Costa Rica has to offer! Casa Cartago is an...
Buying real estate in Costa Rica carries similar risk as anywhere else in the World, but there are processes and legal procedures in place to ensure a buyer’s safety. The following are steps you should take in order to eliminate any ambiguity in a real estate transaction. Use a professional and experienced realtor/broker that has lived and worked in the area for a few years in which they are selling...
Fractional ownership is a new concept for the Southern Zone of Costa Rica and the Casa Big Sur is the first of its kind. This model has worked in Manuel Antonio and other areas in the Northern Zone of the Gaunacaste Peninsula. A buyer can purchase 6 weeks in this house per year with different times each year so all owners get a fair chance to enjoy holidays in the house. The time can also be...
It seems like just yesterday it took well over 4 hours to get here and the last stretch of spine rattling bumpy dirt road from Quepos to Dominical took an hour and a half. And the bridge in Uvita had holes you could see straight through to the flowing river below! The first time I came to Dominical on vacation we were at a local breakfast spot up in Playa Hermosa near Jaco and were reading a free...