Costa Rica Real Estate and the Blogstalk

Intellectual property rights laws in Costa Rica are far from perfect, especially in terms of the policing infrastructure. As in so many areas, Costa Rica has forward-looking legislation that meets WTO requirements, but no means of implementing it. Even the Supreme Court admitted in 2001 that it w...

The Basics of Mortgages Whether you are a house buyer or house seller, it is necessary for you to have at least an idea on the basics of house financing.  Different places have different ways on how to make property acquisition possible for purchasers.  This means that one has to learn the basic...

Costa Rica has a huge proliferation of hotels, but when you first arrive one of the best options is a homestay. Much less impersonal than a hotel, and a good means of immersing yourself in the local culture, this will place you with a well-vetted Costa Rican family.If you want to make your stay p...

Costa Rica offers major tax incentives in key industry areas where it is trying to attract investment. These are significant in a country where import taxes can be very high. Import taxes are waived on materials to be used in tourism developments.For forest conservation. land and asset taxes are ...

    The Costa Rican economy is changing rapidly, with agriculture being downgraded and clothing factories declining in the face of cheaper competition from Asia. The country is now trying to remodel itself as a suitable location for high technology industries, foreign companies's operation center...

    Foreign investors flock to Costa Rica for several reasons - its stable politics, Costa Rica real estate is high investment with low risk, relatively low costs, peaceful labor relations, and well-educated workforce, much of it bilingual. There is now an education initiative to expand on this b...