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One Buyers Experience in Costa Rica
by ticode | Thu, 08/13/2009 - 15:45For all of you who are considering buying real estate in Costa Rica, we wanted to share our experience with John Hepner of Buyer's Agents of Costa Rica. We started actively looking on line for a home in Costa Rica last summer. John Hepner responded to our interest in a property listed by Vacation City.com. After learning of our criteria and budget, John proceeded to search for other properties that we might be interested in. He encouraged us to make a trip to Costa Rica and go on a real estate tour with him.
US Housing Crisis Not Affecting Costa Rica
by ticode | Thu, 08/13/2009 - 15:44By Leland Baxter-Neal
Tico Times September 2007
The crisis in the US housing and financial markets, already spreading to Germany and Japan, is not expected to have a serious impact in Costa Rica, experts said this week. Despite concerns with a record number of Americans set to lose their homes to foreclosure and house prices getting lower all the time, the general consensus is those buying in Costa Rica are not likely be greatly affected.
More Tourists Coming for Major Surgery
by ticode | Thu, 08/13/2009 - 15:43From Tico Times October 2007
By Peter Krupa
Tico Times Staff | pkrupa@ticotimes.net
He looked nervous, this rangy, six-foot-one Gringo with the towhead and pencil mustache. His Army fatigue shorts revealed an 8-inch U-shaped scar just under his left knee – the result of a failed operation and the reason why Vince Dugdale, 47, was standing in the waiting room of the Clínica Bíblica Hospital in San José.
Costa Rica in Top Five Emerging Real Estate Markets For 2006!
by ticode | Thu, 08/13/2009 - 15:42US Government Raves about Costa Rica
Successful real estate investors are well aware that one of the fundamental keys to building a successful property portfolio is the careful timing of market entry; therefore investors always seek to buy ahead of an emerging trend and often take a national or international perspective when looking for the next big thing in terms of real estate.