Second-home market is over $ 750 000 level of unemployment is nearly 75 % Prices begin to rise even though many of the condos are vacant. The evacuation of more than 50 condominium units , aimed at second home to cost Americans over $ 750 000 , is almost 75 % of the inventory that is in Guanacaste. This situation has frozen a business that generated more money to developers...

First-stage investment exceeds $ 15 million Funding will be provided by development partners, private institutions and banks. In a few days will start at full speed the construction of the first phase of the Guanacaste based Cima Hospital, which will have an initial investment in excess of $ 15 million. Originally the work was scheduled to begin early this year, but obtaining...

One of the first places in the world to promote and secure the breeding of the Olive Ridley and the giant leatherback turtle, Nosara is present in the vicinity of the Guanacaste province in Costa Rica. Apart from being a nesting ground for turtles, Nosara is also a fishing and an agricultural city. It has four pleasant ocean front communities, each named after the...

Real Estate House tries to stop land speculation with rules In Guanacaste, the land prices are still high, so high that the real estate business is not taking off as realtors waiting to happen after the hardest stage of the economic crisis last year. For example, in Tamarindo square meter in 2007 was $ 1,000, is now at $ 600. In Potrero beach went from $ 800 to $ 500 and...

When I want to unwind and unplug at the beach I head for Nosara. The feel of this seaside town is relaxed yet upscale, and has some pleasantly familiar tones for a California native like me that echo holistically oriented communities like Santa Cruz, for example. At the same time, it is uniquely Costa Rican with a Guanacasteco flair. Nosara is part of the proudly independent...

Tourists from around the world come to Guanacaste to live the tournament Presidential Challenge to be held next 5, 6 and 7 March in Samara Beach. According to statistics from the Federación Costarricense de Pesca Tourism (Fecopt) last year fishing attracted 85,636 tourists the country. These figures show a recovery of 12% compared to 2008. Mario Gutierrez, Bacardi brand...

Real estate sector size works redefined or postponed start of construction Imagine a car on a six-lane highway going 120 kilometers per hour. Suddenly, there is a bumpy unpaved road, where the car must slow down to 20 miles if you want to reach their destination. This metaphor shows the behavior somehow he has had in the past two years the real estate development in Guanacaste...

We all know that Guanacaste, Costa Rica boasts pristine beaches, world-class diving, fishing and adventure tours, but it also lays claim to a much more significant attribute. In 1999 Guanacaste was designated as a World Heritage site. What does this mean to the average person? In 1994 the World Heritage Committee launched a world-wide search for areas that needed to be...

Foreign visitors are the motor trade and property in the area but the crisis has expelled. Weak improvement is expected in the first half. Grows possibility of migration to the Central Valley to lack of jobs in the north. Not many months ago, the beaches of the North Pacific were synonymous with boom and a host of opportunities. The pressure to homes, the listing of tourist...

First package of works to be financed with IDB loan ready to go to Congress. Future depends on the Congress Program. Five provinces would be favored with the first package of road projects to be undertaken with $ 850 million loan granted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). These are Guanacaste, Heredia, Alajuela, Cartago and San José, according to the road...