September 2026
Ecuador real estate market report — September 2026
Apartments in Ecuador stand at $1,195 per m² (sale) in September 2026.
Houses stand at $928 per m².
Monthly summary of the Ecuador real estate market by TuLugar, over 72,007 listings analysed once duplicates are removed. These are asking prices, not closing prices.
Apartments: $/m² (sale)
$1,195/m²
Houses: $/m² (sale): $928/m²across 19,495 houses reporting built area (90% of houses for sale)
Typical apartment price
- 1 bedroom
- $112,877
- 2 bedrooms
- $145,919
- 3 bedrooms
- $178,000
Key takeaways
- Samborondón is the country's most expensive city for apartments: $1,859/m², above Quito ($1,065/m²).
- La Republica is the most expensive neighborhood in Quito ($2,101/m²); Carcelén the most affordable ($656/m²).
- The highest gross apartment yield in Quito is in Jipijapa: 10.6% a year.
- A typical Airbnb earns $595 per month at 40% 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)
$1,195/m²
across 13,570 apartments for sale
Houses: $/m² (sale)
$928/m²
across 19,495 houses reporting built area (90% of houses for sale)
Median sale price (apartment)
$150,000
Median sale price (house)
$192,300
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$1,859943
- Manta$1,630585
- Santa Elena$1,518173
- General Villamil Playas$1,455144
- La Aurora$1,330108
- Guayaquil$1,3142,198
- Cuenca$1,304760
- Salinas$1,167444
- Quito$1,0657,754
- Tonsupa$806161
Quito: $/m² by neighborhood
Median price per m² of apartments for sale in September 2026. Neighborhoods with at least 30 apartments; gray = insufficient sample.
- 1La Republica$2,101/m²
- 2Benalcázar$1,889/m²
- 3La Carolina$1,806/m²
- 4Cabecera Cumbaya$1,572/m²
- 5Cumbaya$1,541/m²
- 1Carcelén$656/m²
- 2Quitumbe$688/m²
- 3Calderon$699/m²
- 4Comite del Pueblo$721/m²
- 5Pomasqui$727/m²
| Neighborhood | $/m² | 2-bed apt. | Apt. rent | Gross yield | Apartments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Republica | $2,101 | — | — | — | 30 |
| Benalcázar | $1,889 | $180,000 | $880 | 6.4% | 352 |
| La Carolina | $1,806 | $178,194 | $950 | 6.7% | 292 |
| Cabecera Cumbaya | $1,572 | — | $1,250 | 6.8% | 88 |
| Cumbaya | $1,541 | $190,000 | $1,300 | 8.0% | 743 |
| La Primavera II | $1,477 | — | — | — | 70 |
| Gonzalez Suarez | $1,444 | $187,859 | $1,500 | 7.5% | 292 |
| Iñaquito | $1,439 | — | $600 | 5.3% | 73 |
| Batan Alto | $1,413 | — | $600 | 5.3% | 70 |
| El Batan | $1,374 | — | $790 | 6.0% | 103 |
| Batan Bajo | $1,316 | — | — | — | 45 |
| La Paz | $1,288 | $176,500 | $1,250 | 8.1% | 294 |
| Tumbaco | $1,253 | $171,055 | $750 | 5.7% | 380 |
| Urbanización Jardines del Batán | $1,162 | — | — | — | 32 |
| Mariscal Sucre | $1,104 | — | — | — | 64 |
| La Pradera | $1,098 | — | $663 | 5.7% | 98 |
| Jipijapa | $1,068 | — | $1,400 | 10.6% | 155 |
| La Floresta | $1,058 | — | — | — | 42 |
| Alangasi | $1,054 | — | — | — | 45 |
| Monteserrin | $976 | — | — | — | 94 |
| Nayon | $974 | — | — | — | 118 |
| Hospital Solca | $929 | — | — | — | 31 |
| Santa Lucia Alta | $914 | — | — | — | 30 |
| Nazareth | $892 | — | — | — | 33 |
| Belisario Quevedo | $885 | — | — | — | 44 |
| La Concepción | $854 | — | — | — | 74 |
| Chaupicruz | $850 | — | — | — | 53 |
| Conocoto | $830 | — | — | — | 167 |
| Rodríguez Aguirre | $807 | — | — | — | 31 |
| González Suárez | $794 | — | — | — | 36 |
| El Condado | $792 | — | $475 | 4.3% | 199 |
| Cotocollao | $762 | — | — | — | 79 |
| Ponceano | $752 | $90,000 | $510 | 6.4% | 226 |
| Kennedy | $736 | — | — | — | 42 |
| Cochapamba | $732 | — | — | — | 119 |
| Pomasqui | $727 | — | — | — | 36 |
| Comite del Pueblo | $721 | — | — | — | 35 |
| Calderon | $699 | — | — | — | 80 |
| Quitumbe | $688 | — | — | — | 32 |
| Carcelén | $656 | — | — | — | 137 |
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.
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
$47
Median occupancy
40%
Median revenue/mo
$595
Entire properties analyzed
500
In Cuenca, the largest market with 282 entire homes, the median rate was $49/night at 35% occupancy.
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 (13,570 in this report).
- Houses, $/m²: median asking price per built m² of houses for sale that report their built area (19,495 of 21,619, 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: 72,007 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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