Expats

Do you plan investing in a future development in Costa Rica? You see all those free magazines with pages and pages of real estate...

If you have ever had a vacation in Costa Rica, you have probably fallen in love with the dream of having your own vacation...

Rebecca Clower is no stranger to reality television. The expat realtor and owner of Blue Water Properties of Costa Rica was featured on “House Hunters International” about a year-and-a-half ago and recalls three appearances on HGTV Canada. Next month, it will be Costa Rica’s time to shine on HGTV’s “Beachfront Bargain Hunt.”

Costa Rica remains one of the world’s most attractive destinations for tourists and residential investors. A first vacation often plants the mental seed about...

Purchasing property in Costa Rica sounds like an intriguing idea to just about anyone. Most who have been fortunate enough to travel here have...

Starting your own bed & breakfast could be a fabulous idea, especially if you own a large house in the right location. Not to mention...

People all over San José are flexing their numerology to find the right combination of tickets to win the year’s biggest lottery jackpot, the Gordo Navideño, worth more than $2.6 million.

Costa Rica is without question one of the retirement dreamlands of the Americas. Retirees from Europe also are increasingly taking notice. But before you...

Costa Rica’s Roadway Safety Council (COSEVI) has published a new manual for mandatory technical vehicle inspections, conducted by the Spanish-Costa Rican company Riteve SyC. A total of 14 changes were published in the official government newspaper La Gaceta on Nov. 21, and will take effect in January 2015.

Costa Rica remains the dream for a plethora of expats and foreign retirees alike. Images of the towering volcanoes, heavenly coastlines and cartoonish sloths...