Profitability of estrato rental in Colombia: on which estrato you give more to buy to rent (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, buying an apartment to rent it yields more in estrato 1 (9.5% gross annual) and less in estrato 2 (7.4%). In estrato 6 is 8.1% and in strate 3, 7.8%.
Abstract: we cross-rent and sell by m² of 181,464 apartments with declared estrato.
Updated: 18 October 2026 (data from 18 October 2026) · Next update: monthly.
Summary
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Estrato 1 | 9.5% |
| Estrato 2 | 7.4% |
| Estrato 3 | 7.8% |
| Estrato 4 | 8.0% |
| Estrato 5 | 8.0% |
| Estrato 6 | 8.1% |
Gross estrato performance
| Place | Estrato 1 | Estrato 2 | Estrato 3 | Estrato 4 | Estrato 5 | Estrato 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 9.5% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.1% |
| Bogotá | 9.0% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 8.4% | 8.5% |
| Medellin | — | 8.1% | 7.9% | 7.4% | 7.6% | 7.7% |
| Cali | — | — | 7.5% | 7.6% | 9.0% | 8.1% |
| Barranquilla | — | 7.1% | 8.2% | 8.3% | 9.7% | 9.2% |
Gross return = medium rental per m² × 12 -mean price of sale per m², in each estrato.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most cost-effective way to invest in housing for rent? In estrato 1, with 9.5 gross annual in the national median.
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.
- 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). Profitability of estrato rental in Colombia: on which estrato you give more to buy to rent (October 2026). Aptology (aptologia.com). https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/rentabilidad-del-alquiler-por-estrato-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.23462199 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Rentabilidad del arriendo por estrato en Colombia: en qué estrato rinde más comprar para arrendar (octubre 2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/rentabilidad-del-arriendo-por-estrato-colombia-2026
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/rentabilidad-del-arriendo-por-estrato-colombia-2026