Expats

I have been a real estate agent since before condominiums and gated communities even existed in Costa Rica. Even in those days, security was an issue. Due to a lack of social welfare and being a developing country, petty thievery and breaking and entering has always existed in Costa Rica, so the creation of condominiums was a good idea.

According to initial reports, Levine was driving a lightweight vehicle with another passenger on the highway when for an unknown reason the car veered into oncoming traffic.

Building a house in Costa Rica can be as simple as you want it to be and it all starts with hiring the right professionals.

After being missing for one month and likely kidnapped in Costa Rica, Canadian expat Ryan Piercy arrived safely at his home in western San José in a taxi at midnight on Saturday, a spokesman for the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) told The Tico Times.

Price: $215,000. Cellphone: +(506) 8814-0614. Email: realestate@ticotimes.net.

Saturday would be a bad day to try and take a bath.

Lots of chili, ranging from mild to flammable, was served up at the eighth annual Chili Festival in Atenas on Sunday. Twenty chili cooks...

Starting off with the right foot is critical when you buy real estate, and it is essential to find out where the best areas are to buy in Costa Rica before you make the jump. But how will you know?

Price: $1,500,000. Listing agent: Mary Anne Weston. Cellphone: +(506) 8814-0614. Email: mweston@ticotimes.net

Realty and the process of acquiring a property for a client are not unlike a coin. There are two distinct sides: the broker and the client. Both have their own needs, thoughts, wishes and motives. The process will be all the more enjoyable and mutually beneficial if we better understand one another.