Ultramar CaribeUltramar Caribe is published by Tommaso Ribaudo, a real estate agent on Costa Rica's South Caribbean coast.https://ultramarcaribe.com/enRenting a house to visitors in Costa Rica takes three registrationshttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/short-term-rental-rules-costa-rica/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/short-term-rental-rules-costa-rica/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.Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTResidency through property in Costa Rica after the Ley 9996 window closedhttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/residency-costa-rica-property-owners/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/residency-costa-rica-property-owners/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.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTA bill to redraw the Kéköldi territory at Cocles is filed, not passedhttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/kekoldi-cocles-boundary-bill/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/kekoldi-cocles-boundary-bill/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.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Costa Rican holding company has three annual deadlines, not zerohttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/holding-company-costa-rica/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/holding-company-costa-rica/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.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCosta Rica has two annual property taxes, and only one of them counts the landhttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/property-taxes-costa-rica/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/property-taxes-costa-rica/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.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat closing costs in Costa Rica add up to, and why the notary fee is fixed againhttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/closing-costs-costa-rica/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/closing-costs-costa-rica/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.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThree things to check on a plano catastrado before an offerhttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/plano-catastrado-checklist/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/plano-catastrado-checklist/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.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuying a house on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, in outlinehttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/buying-property-costa-rica-coast/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/buying-property-costa-rica-coast/Titled land, concession land and the maritime zone; who can buy what on the south Caribbean coast, and the steps a purchase usually follows.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTA journal of houses on the southern Caribbean coasthttps://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/about-this-journal/https://ultramarcaribe.com/en/articles/about-this-journal/What this publication covers, how it is written, and where to find the residences it reports on.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT