Housing market · October 2026
San José (Alajuela) housing market
What it costs to buy and rent in San José (Alajuela), Costa Rica, computed from 162 continuously monitored listings.
TuLugar Price Index
$1,694/m²
Price per m² (sale)
2-bedroom apartment
$150,000
Median apartment rent
$950/mes
Monitored listings
162
Price history in San José (Alajuela)
Apartment price per m² and whole-inventory median sale price, in USD. Apartments only, so the series always compares the same kind of property 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. A published month is only recomputed for a stated reason, and that month’s report says so. · Download CSV
Series since September 2026. The first monthly variation is published with the following month's close.
| Month | Price per m² | MoM | QoQ | YoY | Median sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $1,694 | — | — | — | $249,000 |
Neighborhoods
Apartment prices: median sale, $/m² and rent. “Listings” counts the whole inventory.
| # | City / Neighborhood | Listings | Apt. sale | $/m² | MoM | YoY | Apt. rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | — | — | — | — | $850 | |
| 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
By property type
| Type | Listings | Median sale | $/m²* |
|---|---|---|---|
ApartmentsView → | 1210% | $144K | $1,694 |
HousesView → | 6451% | $218K | $1,411 |
LandView → | 4133% | $645K | $135 |
CommercialView → | 86% | $1.6M | $1,075 |
*Apartment and house m² is built area; land m² is the plot. A house enters its $/m² only when the source reports built area. This page’s headline uses apartments only.
By bedroom count — Apartments
| Apartments | listings | Median | $/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | no data | — | — |
| 1 bedroom | 2 | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | 1 | — | — |
| 3 bedrooms | 5 | $138K | $1,667 |
| 4 bedrooms | 1 | — | — |
| 5+ bedrooms | 3 | — | — |
By bedroom count — Houses
| Houses | listings | Median | $/m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | no data | — | — |
| 1 bedroom | no data | — | — |
| 2 bedrooms | 7 | $163K | $1,619 |
| 3 bedrooms | 38 | $212K | $1,375 |
| 4 bedrooms | 9 | $360K | $1,307 |
| 5+ bedrooms | 10 | $1M | $2,200 |
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 | 5 | $70K | $319 |
| Residential plot500 – 2,000 m² | 5 | $180K | $195 |
| Suburban estate2,000 – 10,000 m² | 13 | $700K | $135 |
| Rural / farm> 1 ha | 10 | $1M | $78 |
Price distribution
How many listings fall in each price range (USD).
Price distribution — sale
Price distribution — rent
Projects
New developments with available units.
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Methodology
This page analyzes 162 listings in San José (Alajuela), 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 2026-10-11 · refreshed 2026-10-11 03:00 UTC