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Properties Over $1,000,000

Above $1,000,000 is the top of the Gold Coast market — an open-ended tier that runs from substantial private homes with ocean views to the coast’s most exclusive trophy estates. There’s no ceiling here: it’s where architectural showpieces, gated-community residences, and premier beachfront properties come to market.

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What over $1,000,000 buys on the Gold Coast

This is the top of the market, and it has no upper limit. At the entry you’ll find substantial private homes — large, finished, ocean- or hillside-view residences with real grounds. From there the tier opens all the way up: architect-built villas, estates inside the coast’s most sought-after gated communities, and the occasional trophy property that defines the market rather than follows it. What these share is scale, privacy, and location that isn’t available at any lower price.

Luxury villa terrace with infinity pool and ocean-and-island views on Costa Rica's Guanacaste Gold Coast

Location

Where the inventory is

The properties in this tier concentrate in the Gold Coast’s most established and exclusive communities — Tamarindo and Playa Grande lead, with Playa Potrero, Playa Avellanas, and the gated communities of Reserva Conchal, Las Catalinas and Hacienda Pinilla also represented at this level. These are the addresses where scale and privacy are possible: large lots, architectural homes, and resort-caliber amenities. A portion of the tier sits inland for buyers drawn to mountain-and-lake estates rather than the coast — a different setting worth confirming before you fall for a property.

Beachfront estate with pool and palapa steps from the sand in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Estate, trophy property, or ultra-premium condo at this level

Above $1M the range is wide. An estate means space and privacy — a large architectural home with grounds, views, and room that lower tiers can’t offer. A trophy property is the top of that: a defining beachfront or headline residence, rare and singular. An ultra-premium condo, found in resort communities like Reserva Conchal and Las Catalinas, trades land for turnkey luxury with full amenities and lock-and-leave ease. At this level you’re buying not just a home but a position on the coast.

Weighing an estate against a trophy property or a turnkey luxury condo at this level? Browse the current listings above, or talk to an agent about what each actually costs to own here — and which communities suit how you plan to use the place.

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Gina Briguglio, broker and owner of Costa Rica Real Estate CR, on the Guanacaste coast

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