Market Report · Arenal & Zona Norte

Arenal · La Fortuna · Monteverde

Name: Arenal · La Fortuna · Monteverde
Address: CR

Mid-rangemedian asking $380,000Data as of July 16, 2026

Key Findings

Median asking price

$380,000

Average asking price $761,053 — mean inside the $5k–$100M guard, pulled up by the luxury tail.

The headline is the median, never the raw mean — half the market asks less, half asks more.

Properties for sale

800

Unique, de-duplicated across 16 sources, inside the price guard.

Median $/m²

$1,794

based on 330 with published area

Middle 50% asks between

$180,000 – $750,000

<$250k 35.3%$250k–$1M 46.5%>$1M 18.3%

Inventory

By Property Type

Type	Properties	Median	Median $/m²
Houses	366	$399,000	$1,794 based on 247 with published area
Lots & land	257	$198,000	$2,250 based on 7 with published area
Commercial	60	$895,000	$1,608 based on 16 with published area
Farms & fincas	51	$450,000	$4,500 based on 7 with published area
Hotels	11	$1,200,000	$1,610 based on 10 with published area
Condos	8	$344,240	$1,570 based on 7 with published area
Apartments	5	$329,243	$1,570 based on 5 with published area

Houses366

Median: $399,000
Median $/m²: $1,794
based on 247 with published area

Lots & land257

Median: $198,000
Median $/m²: $2,250
based on 7 with published area

Commercial60

Median: $895,000
Median $/m²: $1,608
based on 16 with published area

Farms & fincas51

Median: $450,000
Median $/m²: $4,500
based on 7 with published area

Hotels11

Median: $1,200,000
Median $/m²: $1,610
based on 10 with published area

Condos8

Median: $344,240
Median $/m²: $1,570
based on 7 with published area

Apartments5

Median: $329,243
Median $/m²: $1,570
based on 5 with published area

Bedrooms

Median Price by Bedrooms

1 bedroom$200,000
2 bedrooms$307,244
3 bedrooms$375,000
4 bedrooms$522,500
5 bedrooms$669,500
6 bedrooms$1,200,000

Rental market

Rentals & Gross Yield

Gross asking yield — median rent $/m² × 12 ÷ median sale $/m² — is published for 0 of 1 regions and suppressed for 1 where either leg has fewer than 20 observations. Gross means before management, maintenance, taxes, insurance and vacancy.

Region	Active rentals	Median rent	Gross yield
Arenal · La Fortuna · Monteverde	2	sample too small	suppressed — rent sample under 20

Transparency

Methodology & Honest Disclosures

All prices are ASKING prices from public listings — not achieved sale prices. Costa Rica has no public sold-price registry.
Unique-property counts are de-duplicated across 16 listing sources; the same property listed by several agencies counts once.
Price-per-m² figures cover only the listings that publish a usable living area (15–5,000 m²); every figure ships with its own visible sample size.
Cells with fewer than 5 comparable listings are suppressed rather than shown — a thin sample would mislead more than a blank.
Rental yields are GROSS asking-side estimates — median rent $/m² × 12 ÷ median sale $/m² — before management, maintenance, taxes, insurance and vacancy. Published for 0 regions; suppressed for 1 where either leg is under 20 observations.
Market-velocity metrics (days on market, absorption) are still accruing history (17/90d) and are not published yet — no verdict is fabricated from an immature window.
This report is aggregate market statistics, not a valuation. It does not replace a comparative market analysis (CMA) or local due diligence — talk to your agent before any decision.

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