HOA fee according to the age of the building: fee per m² in new and old buildings in Colombia (October 2026)
Machine-assisted English version of the Spanish original by Aptología. All figures are locked to the original (numbers are copied, not re-translated); if in doubt, the Spanish original prevails.
In Colombia, the HOA fee of an apartment in a building up to 1 year costs in the median 5,000 pesos per m² per month, compared to 6,083 pesos in one more than 20 years (- 17.8%). The average monthly rate goes from 800,000 pesos in buildings over 20 years to 400,000 pesos in new ones.
Abstract: We analyze 87,123 apartments for sale with HOA fee, area and age declared.
Updated: 18 October 2026 (data from 18 October 2026) · Next update: monthly.
Summary
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Up to 1 year | 5,000 pesos / m² |
| 2 to 5 years | 5,232 pesos / m² |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,393 pesos / m² |
| 11 to 20 years | 6,000 pesos / m² |
| Over 20 years | 6,083 pesos / m² |
Colombia: HOA fee per m² according to seniority
| Antiquity | HOA fee per m² | Monthly rate | Announcements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 1 year | 5,000 pesos | 400,000 pesos | 5,570 |
| 2 to 5 years | 5,232 pesos | 445,270 pesos | 47,583 |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,393 pesos | 480,000 pesos | 10,702 |
| 11 to 20 years | 6,000 pesos | 650,000 pesos | 9,887 |
| Over 20 years | 6,083 pesos | 800,000 pesos | 13,381 |
Median; age declared by the portal (only sale), grouped in sections. New buildings often have more amenities (swimming pool, gym, elevators).
The five largest cities (pesos per m² per month)
| City | Up to 1 year | 2 to 5 years | 6 to 10 years | 11 to 20 years | Over 20 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogotá | 6,129 pesos | 6,470 pesos | 6,944 pesos | 6,992 pesos | 7,105 pesos |
| Medellin | 5,682 pesos | 5,714 pesos | 5,238 pesos | 5,634 pesos | 5,112 pesos |
| Cali | 5,106 pesos | 5,140 pesos | 5,100 pesos | 5,890 pesos | 5,898 pesos |
| Barranquilla | 4,444 pesos | 4,841 pesos | 5,090 pesos | 5,217 pesos | 4,667 pesos |
| Cartagena | 7,067 pesos | 7,347 pesos | 7,109 pesos | 7,919 pesos | 6,332 pesos |
- indicates less than 30 ads.
Frequently asked questions
Do new buildings have more expensive management? Not per m²: 5,000 pesos per m² per month for those up to 1 year compared to 6,083 pesos for those over 20 years; the total monthly rate is 400,000 pesos compared to 800,000 pesos.
How much is the HOA fee per m² in Colombia? Between 5,000 pesos and 6,083 pesos per month according to the age of the building.
Methodology
- Source: night events of the Aptology database (aptologia.com) of 18 October 2026: current housing ads in real estate portals of 13 countries, collected by Aptology and seen online between 11 and 18 October 2026. Court: 18 October of 2026.
- Debugging: exact duplicates (same city, area, type, price, currency, area, rooms and bathrooms) and prices outside the percentile 1 - 99 of each country, operation, currency and type are removed; the price per m² uses only ads with declared area between 12 and 2,000 m² and is also cut to P1-P99.
- What is measured: prices ordered (published), not closing prices. For rent, monthly rent without HOA fee, common expenses or condo.
- Minimum sample: each published figure is based on at least 30 ads; cells with less are omitted.
- Colombia: Prices in Colombian pesos, no currency conversion.
- Antiquity: field
antig(only sale), informed by portals. - Limitations: The coverage depends on the portals that travel Aptology in each country and is greater in large cities and in the medium-high and high segments; the area is the one that declares the announcement, unverified; the area names come from the portals.
- Privacy: only aggregates are published; no personal data, link to ads or name of advertiser is published.
- Open data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
How to quote
Pinzón Pineda, D. M. (2026). HOA fee according to the age of the building: fee per m² in new and old buildings in Colombia (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/administracion-segun-antiguedad-del-edificio-colombia-2026. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- Current data and listings: Aptología: homes for rent and for sale
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23471267 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Administración según la antigüedad del edificio: cuota por m² en edificios nuevos y viejos de Colombia (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/administracion-segun-antiguedad-del-edificio-colombia-2026
- Hugging Face: EXISTS aptologia/administracion-segun-antiguedad-del-edificio-colombia-2026