What is gross profitability?
The rent of a year divided by the purchase price, without discounting expenses. The net is usually 1 to 3 smaller points.
Buying an apartment to rent it yields more in Punta del Este (Uruguay): a gross return of 13.5% annually, compared to 3.7% in Lisbon (Portugal), the lowest. In Bogotá, the gross profit implied is 8.0%; the median of 66 cities, 6.9%.
Gross rental profitability in 66 cities in Latin America and Portugal: where you pay the most to rent (October 2026) · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23460712 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Rentabilidad bruta del arriendo en 66 ciudades de Latinoamérica y Portugal: dónde rinde más comprar para arrendar (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/rentabilidad-bruta-alquiler-ciudades-latinoamerica-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/rentabilidad-bruta-alquiler-ciudades-latinoamerica-2026
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