Is it good business to buy a studio to rent?
It depends on the city: in Barranquilla it is paid with 11.7 years of rent and in Manizales with 19.2, before HOA fee, taxes and vacations.
A study apartment in Barranquilla costs the same as 11.7 years of its rent (8.6% gross profitability), the lowest ratio of 16 Colombian cities; in Manizales are 19.2 years. In Bogotá, 14.7 years: 335 million pesos in price compared to 1.90 million pesos per month.
Buy a studio to rent? Years of rent worth a studio in 16 cities of Colombia (October 2026) · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23475832 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): ¿Comprar un apartaestudio para arrendar? Años de arriendo que vale un apartaestudio en 16 ciudades de Colombia (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/comprar-o-arrendar-un-apartaestudio-ciudades-colombia-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/comprar-o-arrendar-un-apartaestudio-ciudades-colombia-2026
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