Montevideo (US$3.330), Mexico City (US$2.666), Monterrey (US$2.592) y Buenos Aires (US $ 2,586) are the cities with a square meter (M2) in the region today, according to figures from the Study Real Estate survey of Latin America released Tuesday.
On the other hand, the cities with M2 cheaper in the region are Quito (US $ 1.215), Rosario (US $ 1,614), Córdoba (US $ 1,628) and Panama (US $ 1,804).
Los Square Metro prices (M2) In the main cities of Latin America, they were on average at US $ 2,205 last March.
In the capital cities of Latin America analyzed, the prices of the square meter reached US $ 2,289.
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On average, prices rose 1% in nominal dollars and dropped 0.4% in real dollars and 2.2% in real local currency.
That is, “the amount necessary to acquire an M2 rose in dollars ticket and fell in dollars adjusted by US inflation and in local inflation currency,” says the report.
The most expensive square meter list in Latin America was as follows:
- Montevideo (US $ 330): Variation in dollars of -3.6%
- Mexico City (US$2.666): -1,5%
- Monterrey (US$2.592): 1,2%
- Buenos Aires (US$2.586): 1,8%
- Guadalajara (US$2.369): -0,9%
- São Paulo (US$2.277): -1,1%
- Janeiro River: (US$2.229): 0,8%
- Lima (US$2.149): 2,4%
- Panama City (US$1.804): 2,5%
- Córdoba (US$1.628): 6,5%
- Rosario (US$1.614): 4,3%
- Quito (US$1.215): 0%
The report is prepared by the Finance Research Center (CIF) of the Torcuato Di Tella University Business School in conjunction with NAVENT (ZONEPROP).
To have a homogeneous and comparable sample, the survey is focused on neighborhoods of similar characteristics of the different cities and in notices that satisfy the following filters:
- Number of rooms: 1 and 2 bedrooms (monoambientes are excluded).
- PROPERTY price: BETWEEN US $ 10,000 AND US $ 300,000
- Covered surface: between 20 and 100 m2.
- Sum of covered meters (including the garage) and half of the discovered of less than 200 m2.
If the measurement in nominal dollars is taken into account, the cities with a greater percentage increase in prices were Córdoba (6.5%), Rosario (4.3%) and Panama City (2.5%).
On the other hand, the largest falls were recorded in Montevideo (-3.6%), Mexico City (-1.5%) and San Pablo (-1.1%).
Already if the variation in real local currency is taken into account, the cities with the highest increases were Monterrey (2.2%) and Panama City (1.7%).
-In addition, with this criterion the greatest falls were in Buenos Aires (-10.7%), Rosario (-8.5%) and Córdoba (-6.6%).
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The most expensive cities in the world to buy housing
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The countries that contributed the most to the list of the most expensive cities in the world in 2025 for the purchase of luxury housing were France (with six), followed by Of .u. (four) and Suiza and Italy (They have two each), according to a report by the consultant Henley & Partners.
Monaco, New York and Hong Kong They are the three most expensive cities in the world, with square meter prices for luxury homes that exceed US $ 25,000.
Considered the main shelter of the world for the Superricos, Monaco’s city-state concentrates an average wealth that exceeds US $ 20 millionaccording to the report.
According to Henley & Partners, the prices of luxury apartments between 100 and 200 m2 in Monaco exceed an average of US $ 38,800.
In Monaco it is estimated that more than 40% of residents are millionaires, The highest proportion of any city in the world.
After this Mediterranean Principality appears on the list New Yorkwith an average price of luxury real estate of US $ 27,500.
The consultant estimates that New York has 384,500 people of high net worth, including 818 centimillonarios (individuals with invertible liquid wealth of US $ 100 million or more) and 66 billionaires.
After this American city figure Hong Kongwith a value of the luxury square meter of US $ 26,300 on average. This semi -autonomous city has a population of about 154,900 millionaires.
Then appear in the list London (US $ 24,000); The spa Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferratin France (US $ 21,200); Paris (US $ 20,400) and Sydney (US $ 19,500).
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