Aptología 2026 Housing Studies: 18 New Cities & Markets
Aptología published 44 new open-data housing studies on Oct 18, 2026, covering 18 new cities across Colombia and Latin America with detailed pricing metrics.
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- Aptología released 44 new housing studies using CC BY 4.0 open data sourced from their database on October 18, 2026.
- The report covers 18 newly added cities, including 13 in Colombia and 5 across Latin America.
- Every statistical figure relies on a minimum of 30 listings or contracts to ensure data robustness.
- Includes dollar-denominated pricing for 64 cities and official rental sources from Spain and Brazil.
Real estate data analytics platform Aptología has released 44 new housing studies under an open data CC BY 4.0 license, compiling export data from its database as of October 18, 2026. This extensive release introduces profiles for 18 previously unmapped cities, consisting of 13 municipalities in Colombia—such as Itagüí, Cajicá, El Retiro, La Estrella, Zipaquirá, Mosquera, Madrid, Soacha, La Ceja, Jamundí, Villavicencio, Montería, and Tocancipá—alongside 5 international locations in Latin America including Caracas, Quito, Cochabamba, Santiago de los Caballeros, and the northern zone of Greater Buenos Aires.
Beyond municipal profiles, the new rankings for Colombia cover a wide spectrum of market indicators: apartment sizes, price-per-square-meter dispersion, rents inclusive of utilities, price per square meter categorized by size, supply distribution by socioeconomic strata, administrative fees broken down by strata and building age, houses and apartments for sale versus rent, luxury entry thresholds at the 90th percentile (P90), and the most affordable apartments per city at the 10th percentile (P10).
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The studies also evaluate rental yields based on bedroom counts, comparative metrics between houses and apartments, rent variation by building floor, inventory of units with four or more bedrooms, parking availability, and rental supply characteristics. Furthermore, the dataset provides U.S. dollar figures detailing entry prices across 64 cities, rent per room, and large versus small apartment square-meter costs by country. Official sources compiled by Aptología also feature municipal rents in Catalonia and the Valencian Community, neighborhood-level data in Barcelona, postal code metrics in Valencia, appraised square-meter values across 306 Spanish municipalities, and total rental costs including condominium fees and IPTU in São Paulo, Brazil.
The release of these open datasets by Aptología in 2026 highlights an ongoing push toward greater transparency in Latin American and European real estate markets. By enforcing a threshold of at least 30 listings per metric, the publisher aims to maintain statistical reliability, although they explicitly note that trend analyses are excluded due to shifting daily series sources.
Specific market highlights from the Colombian cities illustrate notable regional price variations. For instance, in Itagüí, the Simón Bolívar neighborhood commands the highest median price for apartments for sale at 8.52 million pesos per square meter, while San Gabriel represents the sample's lowest at 5.00 million pesos. A two-bedroom apartment in Itagüí rents for a median of 2.50 million pesos monthly with a median sale price of 465 million pesos, yielding an implicit gross rental return of 7.1% annually. Meanwhile, in El Retiro, the Los Salados sector records a median price of 10.08 million pesos per square meter, showcasing the diverse economic landscape captured in the 2026 data release.
Source: Dev.to
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