Tips for Sellers
Our Osa Tropical Properties Costa Ballena real estate office released our detailed market wrap up for the fourth quarter of 2022 and a recap of the whole of the year last week and this week we want to follow up with our personal views about what is happening in the market. Anyone living in or…
Welcome to our 2022-2023 annual market recap and quarterly-market report for Costa Ballena real estate for the fourth quarter of 2022 (October to December). Osa Tropical Properties is the only office in the Costa Ballena region that provides a quarterly market report, offering sales totals and statistics that give a fair representation of our local…
The South Pacific Costa Rica real estate market continues to thrive in the third quarter (July, August, and September) of 2022. More people are visiting our region and staying in vacation rentals. Construction grew exponentially as turnkey property inventory dwindles and more buyers are purchasing land and building new homes as new contractors arrive in…
It is an unfortunate consequence of a hot real estate market that everyone and their dog wants to become a realtor. This means that our exciting Costa Ballena real estate market is currently filled with amateur realtors who do not know how to do a proper Comparative Market Analysis for their clients. This is a…
There is no official MLS in Costa Rica. Many companies have tried to create a true Costa Rica MLS (Multiple Listing System for real estate) but none are a true success. A number of real estate companies in Costa Rica have been able to gather many listings from around the country for their websites but…
The Southern Zone of Costa Rica is in a seller’s market due to a growing number of buyers searching for their dream home in the tropics. This has increased real estate seller confidence to value their properties at a much higher rate in 2022 than we realtors in Costa Rica have ever seen before in…
Looking to sell Costa Rica property but not having any luck with getting a good offer? Here are a few helpful hints to get you started on the path to success. According to International Living, Costa Rica’s Southern Zone is one of the top places to invest in foreign real estate. Buyers from all over…
The search for a great realtor in Costa Rica may sometimes seem like a daunting tasks. But there are a few hallmarks of the best realtors that can tell you that this person will go above and beyond in representing you in your Costa Rica real estate transactions. Finding a great realtor in Costa Ballena…
It is tax season here in Costa Rica and we are fielding a lot of questions from our client base and others who look to us for information (want to join our weekly newsletter to stay current on news and properties in South Pacific Costa Rica, sign up here). Annual Property Taxes In Costa Rica …
Our recap of 2021 in real estate and some of the trends we are seeing for 2022 in our South Pacific Costa Rica Real Estate Market Report. 2021 was by far our biggest year for sales and for website traffic. In the first week of January 2022, we are already seeing a 6% increase in…