News · 23 Sept 2026
A journal of houses on the southern Caribbean coast
What this publication covers, how it is written, and where to find the residences it reports on.
Contents
Guide · 11 Nov 2026
Renting a house to visitors in Costa Rica takes three registrations
What Ley 9742 asks of an owner who rents a house on Airbnb or a similar platform in Costa Rica: the ICT registry, Hacienda's 13% VAT and 12.75% rental tax, and the municipal licence in Talamanca.
Guide · 5 Nov 2026
Residency through property in Costa Rica after the Ley 9996 window closed
How a house purchase can support Costa Rican residency as an investor, what rentistas and pensionados must show instead, and what changed when the 2021 incentives stopped taking applications in July 2026.
Guide · 29 Oct 2026
A bill to redraw the Kéköldi territory at Cocles is filed, not passed
Why part of Cocles sits inside the Kéköldi indigenous territory, what bill 25545 would change for land and titles on this stretch of the south Caribbean coast, and what it leaves open.
Guide · 22 Oct 2026
A Costa Rican holding company has three annual deadlines, not zero
The corporate tax due every January, the beneficial-ownership filing due every April, and what happens at the Registro Nacional when either one is missed.
Guide · 15 Oct 2026
Costa Rica has two annual property taxes, and only one of them counts the land
The municipal tax due every year at 0.25% of registered value, and the Impuesto Solidario that only bites when a house's construction value passes 143 million colones.
Guide · 8 Oct 2026
What closing costs in Costa Rica add up to, and why the notary fee is fixed again
The 1.5% transfer tax, the notary fee the Colegio de Abogados sets by decree, and the 2024 court ruling that made the fee minimums mandatory again.
Guide · 1 Oct 2026
Three things to check on a plano catastrado before an offer
What a plano catastrado certifies, how to check one at the Registro Nacional, and two local complications worth confirming before an offer on the south Caribbean coast.
Guide · 24 Sept 2026
Buying a house on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, in outline
Titled land, concession land and the maritime zone; who can buy what on the south Caribbean coast, and the steps a purchase usually follows.
The houses are on the main site
This journal describes houses, land and the rules for buying them. Residences for sale, land and past sales are listed, with prices, on the site of Tommaso Ribaudo, who publishes it.