Is the square meter cheaper in large apartments?
Where the elasticity is less than 1, yes; in the median of cities, 10% more area increases the price + 8.6%.
An apartment for sale 10% larger is requested + 6.2% more expensive in Guayaquil (Ecuador), the weakest effect of 20 cities, and + 10.7% in Buenos Aires (Argentina), the strongest. In the medium of the cities, 10% more area increases the price + 8.6% for sale and + 7.3% for rent.
How much is an extra square meter worth? The price and size of the apartment in 20 Latin American and Portuguese cities (October 2026) · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23481479 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): ¿Cuánto vale un metro cuadrado extra? El precio y el tamaño del apartamento en 20 ciudades de Latinoamérica y Portugal (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/cuanto-vale-un-metro-cuadrado-extra-ciudades-latinoamerica-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/cuanto-vale-un-metro-cuadrado-extra-ciudades-latinoamerica-2026
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