Luxury Homes for Sale in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
2341 luxury properties ($1,000,000+) for sale. Median asking price $1,800,000, with half priced between $1,350,000 and $2,950,000. About $3,452 per built m².
Explore Puntarenas's $1M-plus property market
Puntarenas holds most of Costa Rica's Pacific coastline, and the $1,000,000-plus listings in the province follow it. This page includes every public sale listing in Puntarenas at $1,000,000 or more, whatever the type. Houses, condos and apartments, land and commercial property all count, and the table on this page splits the live total and asking prices by type so you can see how each group is priced before you filter.
The province is several separate markets rather than one. Santa Teresa and Malpaís sit on the Nicoya Peninsula, reached from San José by road and the Puntarenas to Paquera ferry, or from Liberia by road. Jacó is the closest beach town to the capital, about 105 km from SJO, and its wider market runs on condos rather than houses. Manuel Antonio and Quepos are built around the national park, about 170 km from SJO. Further south, Uvita, Dominical and Ojochal on the Costa Ballena are between three and a half and five hours by road from the airport, depending on the town and the route.
Before you pay a deposit on anything near the water, find out where the parcel sits in relation to the Maritime Zone. Under Ley 6043 the first 50 metres from ordinary high tide are public, and the next 150 metres are a restricted zone where the usual right is a municipal concession, not fee-simple title. A foreigner with fewer than five years of residence, or a company more than 50% foreign-owned, faces limits on holding a concession. Some parcels inside the 200-metre band do hold registered private title under an exception, so the answer for a given property comes from the Registro Nacional record, the plano catastrado and the municipal concession file, reviewed by your own Costa Rican attorney.
Prices at a glance
Puntarenas sale listings from $1,000,000, as of 7 November 2026. Asking prices; middle half means the 25th to 75th percentile.
Houses
- Listings
- 1,087
- Median
- $1,790,000
- Middle half
- $1,399,000 to $2,760,900
Condos and apartments
- Listings
- 86
- Median
- $1,300,000
- Middle half
- $1,195,000 to $1,800,000
Land
- Listings
- 712
- Median
- $1,795,000
- Middle half
- $1,300,000 to $3,305,116
Commercial
- Listings
- 240
- Median
- $1,997,500
- Middle half
- $1,486,250 to $3,200,000
Other property
- Listings
- 216
- Median
- $1,949,500
- Middle half
- $1,400,000 to $2,812,500
Other property types remain in the total shown above. Prices change as listings change.
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Buying luxury property: common questions
What counts as luxury property in Puntarenas on this page?
Every public sale listing in Puntarenas province priced at $1,000,000 or more. The total covers houses, condos and apartments, land, commercial property and other property types, from the Nicoya Peninsula to the Costa Ballena.
What is the median asking price for a luxury house in Puntarenas?
As of November 7, 2026, the median asking price for a house in this $1M-plus search is $1,790,000 across 1,087 listings. The middle half is priced from $1,399,000 to $2,760,900. These are asking prices, not closed sales.
Do I need residency to buy a luxury home in Puntarenas?
No. A foreign buyer can hold titled property in their own name or through a Costa Rican company without residency. Residency does matter inside the Maritime Zone, where a foreigner needs at least five years of residence to hold a concession. Ask us for the exact parcel's status before you decide between a titled home and a concession.
General information only. Ask a Costa Rican attorney to verify the position for a specific property.
