Conversion Table
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| Real Estate Conversion Chart | |
| 1 meter | 3.28 feet |
| 1 foot | 0.304 meters |
| 1 square meter | 10.76 square feet |
| 1 square foot | 0.093 square meters |
| 1 square vara | 0.70 square meter |
| 1 acre | 0.405 hectares |
| 1 hectare | 2.47 acres |
| 1 manzana | 1.73 acres |
| 1 acre | 4,049 square meters |
| 1 manzana | 10,000 square varas |
| 1 hectare | 10,000 square meters |
Transfer COSTS of Real Estate in Costa Rica
Based on a USD$100,000 property. |
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Stamps |
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Registry |
0.005 |
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$500.00 |
Agrarian |
0.001 |
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$100.00 |
Law 7535 |
0.002 |
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$200.00 |
Municipality |
0.002 |
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$200.00 |
Lawyer Board * |
0.00025 |
COL¢ 75 |
$25.00 |
Treasury Department C.R. * |
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COL¢625 |
almost $ 2.00 |
National Archive ** |
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COL¢ 20 |
almost $ 1.00 |
Transfer taxes |
0.0151 |
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$1,510.00 |
Legal fees |
0.0125 |
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$1,250.00 |
Total about 4% |
0.03788 plus fixed costs above ** |
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$3,788.00 |
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** A fixed rate of COL¢ 75 (seventy five col.) has to be paid for the first one hundred thousand colones . |
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* Maximum payment in colones shown. |
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1.50% in legal fees for the first million colones, and 1.25% above that. |
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