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Homes up to $250,000: three cantons, different options
We compare house listings in San Ramón, Alajuela; Heredia; and Nicoya. These are whole cantons, not just their town centres. This brief describes our listing sample, not the entire market.
Snapshot date: · USD
How much of the sample is within budget?
San Ramón, Alajuela: 160 / 319 (50.2%)
Heredia, Heredia: 1021 / 2139 (47.7%)
Nicoya, Guanacaste: 91 / 564 (16.1%)
| Canton | n | Median USD | Median built area | Median bedrooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Ramón | 160 | $160,000 | 162 m² (n=150) | 3.0 (n=158) |
| Heredia | 1021 | $189,852 | 170 m² (n=980) | 3.0 (n=979) |
| Nicoya | 91 | $170,000 | 130 m² (n=46) | 3.0 (n=48) |
A larger share does not prove an area is cheaper or a better investment: the mix of homes and sources differs. Price, area and bedroom medians are calculated separately; they do not describe one actual house. Availability and price must be confirmed.
How this was calculated
- Public for-sale records classified as houses only. Land, farms, apartments, rentals and removed or hidden records are excluded.
- The denominator includes asking prices from $25,000 with no upper limit. The numerator stops at $250,000. The lower bound is an editorial exclusion for unusually low offers, not a valuation.
- We use the portal's canonical records and remove repeated exact source URLs. Duplicates across different advertisers may remain. Each record is not guaranteed to be a unique home.
- Medians require at least 12 valid values. Built areas: 5–2,000 m²; bedrooms: 0–20. Missing or out-of-range values are excluded from that median. The 12-value rule does not imply statistical confidence.
- Catalogue asking prices normalized to USD, not completed-sale prices. Partial source coverage; this does not measure appreciation or historical trends.
| Canton | Primary sources | Repeats removed | Missing price or below floor |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ramón | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| Heredia | 9 | 0 | 104 |
| Nicoya | 11 | 0 | 137 |
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