TuLugar Data · August 2026
Real estate market in Costa Rica
Costa Rica's entire housing market in one place — sale and rent prices, from country to neighborhood, updated daily.
Cities
| # | City / Neighborhood | Listings | Median sale | $/m² | MoM | YoY | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 496 | $325K | $2,166 | — | — | $1,725 | |
| 2 | 297 | $1.5M | $3,580 | — | — | — | |
| 3 | 167 | $1.6M | $3,414 | — | — | — | |
| 4 | 154 | $1.1M | $3,258 | — | — | $1,500 | |
| 5 | 142 | $1.8M | $3,769 | — | — | — | |
| 6 | 132 | $368K | $2,286 | — | — | — | |
| 7 | 131 | $1.2M | $3,406 | — | — | $1,220 | |
| 8 | 126 | $913K | $3,205 | — | — | — | |
| 9 | 102 | $317K | $2,726 | — | — | $1,325 | |
| 10 | 88 | $643K | $3,333 | — | — | — |
Price history in Costa Rica
Apartment price per m² and whole-inventory median sale price, in USD. Apartments only: a house’s m² includes the land, so mixing them would not give a figure comparable month to month. Where a neighborhood has no apartments for sale the $/m² column is left empty; the median sale price beside it still carries the month. Published months are never restated. · Download CSV · CSV by type & bedrooms
| Month | Price per m² | MoM | QoQ | YoY | Median sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | $2,112 | — | — | — | $426,550 |
By property type
| Type | Listings | Median sale | $/m²* |
|---|---|---|---|
ApartmentsView → | 68 | $343K | $2,211 |
HousesView → | 2,686 | $593K | $3,490 |
LandView → | 1,239 | $225K | $39 |
CommercialView → | 344 | $1.3M | $1,257 |
*An apartment’s m² is built interior area. For houses and land it includes the ground, so the two figures are not comparable to each other — this page’s headline uses apartments only.
By bedroom count — Apartments
| Apartments | listings | Median | $/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 2 | — | — |
| 1 bedroom | 6 | $298K | $3,581 |
| 2 bedrooms | 26 | $227K | $1,837 |
| 3 bedrooms | 24 | $833K | $2,153 |
| 4 bedrooms | 5 | $1M | — |
| 5+ bedrooms | 5 | $2M | $4,212 |
By bedroom count — Houses
| Houses | listings | Median | $/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | 225 | $1M | — |
| 1 bedroom | 92 | $175K | — |
| 2 bedrooms | 439 | $275K | $4,654 |
| 3 bedrooms | 731 | $408K | $3,895 |
| 4 bedrooms | 489 | $1M | $3,757 |
| 5+ bedrooms | 710 | $2M | $3,352 |
By lot size — Land
Price per m² varies dramatically between urban lots and rural plots. We show each category separately so the median represents something concrete.
| By lot size — Land | listings | Median | $/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban lot< 500 m² | 10 | $601K | — |
| Residential plot500 – 2,000 m² | 18 | $2M | $1,681 |
| Suburban estate2,000 – 10,000 m² | 25 | $2M | — |
| Rural / farm> 1 ha | 111 | $2M | — |
Price distribution
How many listings fall in each price range (USD).
Price distribution — sale
Price distribution — rent
Market pace
Measures how long ago the listings that are STILL on the market today were published — not how long they take to sell. Shown only where we know the real publication date for most of the inventory.
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Methodology
This page analyzes 4,407 listings in Costa Rica.
Metrics are calculated from the active inventory TuLugar monitors across the market — both listings published on TuLugar and active agency supply tracked continuously. They are asking prices, not final transaction or closing prices.
We use medians to reduce the effect of outlier properties; $/m² only includes listings with valid area data. Prices in other currencies are converted to USD using the exchange rate available when the snapshot is refreshed.
Data is recalculated daily and can change when listings are published, updated, or deactivated.
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In parentheses: analyzed market listings, not only those published on TuLugar.
Data as of 2026-08-15 · refreshed 2026-08-15 03:00 UTC