Costa Rica is a small but stunning country in Central America, located between Nicaragua (north) and Panama (south). It is ...

In Costa Rica, buying real estate is a fairly straightforward process ... banking on market price appreciation. Rental prices have also been rising, typically at a rate of about 5% per year. Another ...

Our first house-sit was at a jungle casita in Costa Rica, where we looked after a little ... Because we haven't paid any rent, which can now be around $900 a month for a room in London, I've ...

Daily expenses like rent, most groceries ... Additionally, a “luxury tax” may be levied on higher-value homes in Costa Rica. Luxury taxes range from .25% to .55%. However, it’s important ...

Costa Rica was the first country to make a focused effort to attract American retirees and second home buyers. Costa Rica now competes with dozens of countries that are vying for the attention of ...

The Rianda House Travel Program visited Costa Rica in February. Standing, from left, are Sharon Slayton, Vivian Pirchner, ...

To date, more than 6,815 hosts have registered with the Treasury in the category of rental of properties for periods of less ...

They live in the Nicoya Peninsula in the north west of Costa Rica, an 80-mile stretch just ... the community didn’t have houses but 10 or 15 of us would get together and build for each other.” ...