Market intelligence

The Nosara market, from the National Registry

Every figure below comes from Costa Rica's National Registry: recorded transfers, not asking prices. Registry data runs four to six months behind, so each window ends where the data is complete.

Nosara closed 266 sales in the last 12 months (through Sep 2026), down 24% from the prior 12-month period, plus 36 sales of a share in a property. Among the 143 sales declared in dollars at $100K or more, the median price was $450K, down 4% year-over-year, with volume of $107.6M (94.4% of all sales carry a recorded price). Prices have held roughly steady, indicating a market in balance.

The sales count is every recorded sale of a whole property. The median and volume use only sales declared in US dollars at $100K or more. Sales declared in colones are left out: colón prices run far below dollar prices, by no fixed ratio, so mixing the two would move the median with the mix of currencies. These are values declared to the Registry, typically below the true market, because transfer taxes reward under-reporting. Read them as a floor, not the going price.

Source: Registro Nacional de Costa Rica · every recorded sale in the Nosara district (Nicoya canton), including sales later resold · prices from sales declared in dollars at $100K and above · updated with each registry refresh.