August 2026
Ecuador real estate market report — August 2026
Apartments in Ecuador stand at $1,191 per m² (sale) in August 2026.
Houses stand at $923 per m².
Monthly summary of the Ecuador real estate market by TuLugar, over 66,732 listings analysed once duplicates are removed. These are asking prices, not closing prices.
Apartments: $/m² (sale)
$1,191/m²
Houses: $/m² (sale): $923/m²across 17,921 houses reporting built area (90% of houses for sale)
Typical apartment price
- 1 bedroom
- $110,000
- 2 bedrooms
- $150,000
- 3 bedrooms
- $180,000
Key takeaways
- Samborondón is the country's most expensive city for apartments: $1,851/m², above Quito ($1,062/m²).
- La Republica is the most expensive neighborhood in Quito ($2,161/m²); Carcelén the most affordable ($639/m²).
- The highest gross apartment yield in Quito is in Jipijapa: 12.5% a year.
- A typical Airbnb earns $1,050 per month at 60% occupancy.
- Gross apartment rental yield is 6.4% a year — about 16 years of rent to repay the purchase.
Key figures
Each figure is computed per property type — we never blend apartments, houses and land into one average.Apartments: $/m² (sale)
$1,191/m²
across 12,432 apartments for sale
Houses: $/m² (sale)
$923/m²
across 17,921 houses reporting built area (90% of houses for sale)
Median sale price (apartment)
$150,000
Median sale price (house)
$190,000
Median rent (apartment)
$800
Gross yield (apartments)
6.4%
≈ 16 years of rent to repay the purchase
Cities: apartment $/m²
Price per m² of apartments for sale and its monthly change. Two readings: where the m² is dearest, and what the deepest markets are doing. The first monthly change is published when the following month closes.
Most expensive
Cities with at least 200 apartments for sale, ordered by $/m².
Largest markets
The 10 cities with the most apartments for sale, ordered by $/m².
- Samborondón$1,851887
- Manta$1,628530
- Santa Elena$1,517158
- General Villamil Playas$1,455131
- Guayaquil$1,3142,046
- La Aurora$1,309104
- Cuenca$1,293661
- Salinas$1,180399
- Quito$1,0627,129
- Tonsupa$815155
Quito: $/m² by neighborhood
Median price per m² of apartments for sale in August 2026. Neighborhoods with at least 30 apartments; gray = insufficient sample.
- 1La Republica$2,161/m²
- 2Benalcázar$1,765/m²
- 3La Carolina$1,736/m²
- 4Cabecera Cumbaya$1,510/m²
- 5La Primavera II$1,474/m²
- 1Carcelén$639/m²
- 2Comite del Pueblo$721/m²
- 3Cochapamba$734/m²
- 4Ponceano$740/m²
- 5Pomasqui$746/m²
| Neighborhood | $/m² | 2-bed apt. | Apt. rent | Gross yield | Apartments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Republica | $2,161 | — | — | — | 30 |
| Benalcázar | $1,765 | $178,888 | $900 | 6.8% | 319 |
| La Carolina | $1,736 | $171,189 | $900 | 6.5% | 252 |
| Cabecera Cumbaya | $1,510 | — | — | — | 80 |
| La Primavera II | $1,474 | — | — | — | 62 |
| Iñaquito | $1,456 | — | $600 | 5.3% | 66 |
| Gonzalez Suarez | $1,435 | $179,203 | $1,400 | 7.2% | 257 |
| Batan Alto | $1,413 | — | — | — | 65 |
| Batan Bajo | $1,389 | — | — | — | 38 |
| El Batan | $1,365 | — | $770 | 5.8% | 99 |
| La Paz | $1,277 | $184,909 | $1,250 | 7.8% | 273 |
| Tumbaco | $1,222 | $170,000 | $760 | 5.9% | 348 |
| Mariscal Sucre | $1,158 | — | — | — | 57 |
| La Pradera | $1,106 | — | $700 | 5.8% | 94 |
| La Floresta | $1,058 | — | — | — | 40 |
| Jipijapa | $1,048 | — | $1,535 | 12.5% | 160 |
| Nayon | $1,005 | — | — | — | 104 |
| Monteserrin | $959 | — | — | — | 89 |
| Santa Lucia Alta | $893 | — | — | — | 31 |
| Hospital Solca | $891 | — | — | — | 33 |
| Belisario Quevedo | $886 | — | — | — | 39 |
| La Concepción | $866 | — | — | — | 70 |
| Conocoto | $828 | — | — | — | 167 |
| Rodríguez Aguirre | $807 | — | — | — | 35 |
| Cotocollao | $786 | — | — | — | 71 |
| Nazareth | $785 | — | — | — | 31 |
| El Condado | $773 | — | — | — | 196 |
| Kennedy | $768 | — | — | — | 42 |
| Pomasqui | $746 | — | — | — | 32 |
| Ponceano | $740 | — | $550 | 7.1% | 210 |
| Cochapamba | $734 | — | — | — | 106 |
| Comite del Pueblo | $721 | — | — | — | 30 |
| Carcelén | $639 | — | — | — | 128 |
2-bed apt. = median sale price of 2-bedroom apartments (min. 50). Rent = median monthly apartment rent (min. 30). Gross yield = rent × 12 / median sale price, before expenses.
Small sample — not ranked
These neighborhoods are published separately because they carry far fewer analysed properties than most: 50 or under, against a median of 71 across the rest. The figure is what that sample gives, and with so few properties a single listing can move it a long way. We do not rank them against those above, nor use them to say which is the most expensive or the most affordable.
| Neighborhood | $/m² | Apartments |
|---|---|---|
| Chaupicruz | $837 | 50 |
Short-term rentals (Airbnb)
Medians across entire homes active during the month. In small markets and seasonal destinations, large monthly swings usually reflect the change of season, not a trend.
Median nightly rate
$55
Median occupancy
60%
Median revenue/mo
$1,050
Entire properties analyzed
677
In Cuenca, the largest market with 357 entire homes, the median rate was $56/night at 58% occupancy.
Quito: Airbnb monthly revenue by neighborhood
Median monthly revenue per listing in August 2026. Neighborhoods with at least 10 listings analyzed; gray = insufficient sample.
| Neighborhood | Monthly revenue | Nightly rate | Occupancy | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Paz | $1,575 | $67 | 78% | 11 |
| La Carolina | $1,468 | $61 | 72% | 38 |
| Mariscal Sucre | $1,250 | $59 | 67% | 32 |
| Batan Alto | $1,247 | $61 | 82% | 13 |
| Gonzalez Suarez | $1,150 | $66 | 57% | 14 |
| San Juan | $1,140 | $50 | 72% | 11 |
| La Republica | $1,092 | $59 | 68% | 14 |
| La Floresta | $1,029 | $53 | 65% | 27 |
By city
Cities with at least 50 entire homes analyzed in the month.
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Sources & methodology
Data: the residential inventory TuLugar monitors continuously in the country — listings published on the site plus supply we track for statistics only — on asking prices, not closing prices, computed per property type and over unique units, plus public short-term-rental data. The full construction is in the methodology.
How each figure is calculated
- Apartments, $/m²: median asking price per built m² of apartments for sale (12,432 in this report).
- Houses, $/m²: median asking price per built m² of houses for sale that report their built area (17,921 of 19,841, 90%). Built areas outside 30–2,000 m² and prices outside USD 100–10,000 per m² are excluded. The median house price uses every house for sale.
- Median sale prices: the median asking price of each property type, never mixing types.
- Median rent: apartments on long-term rental, in US dollars per month.
- Gross yield: a median apartment’s annual rent divided by its median sale price. It is indicative: expenses, taxes and vacant months are not deducted.
- Properties analyzed: 66,732 unique units from the month’s census; a property listed by several agencies counts once.
The median rent covers long-term rentals; nightly and per-season listings are excluded from the calculation. In markets with a large holiday component, monthly rents in resort areas are seasonal and far above the capital — read them city by city rather than as a single figure.
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