Field notes from Medellín
Visa changes, neighborhood guides, market reports, and the occasional restaurant we can't stop sending people to.
Medellín Real Estate Market Report — Q3 2026
The quarterly, citable snapshot: asking medians and days-on-market from ~13,000 live listings, registry sale prices, licensed new-construction data, and where foreign demand actually stands.
Medellín price per m² by neighborhood: what the data says (2026)
Median asking prices, yields, and days-on-market from a weekly two-portal crawl — with sample sizes, so you can decide how much to trust each number.
Who's searching for Medellín real estate? Foreign demand, measured
Search interest has cooled ~30% from the 2025 peak and globalized well beyond the US. What our daily demand tracking says about the market you're actually entering.
Cost of living in Medellín (2026): the version for people actually moving
Not the backpacker budget, not the penthouse pitch. Honest ranges for housing, estrato-priced utilities, food, healthcare, and the three things that move the math.
Colombian visas compared: digital nomad, retirement, marriage, and investment
The V/M/R map, which visa starts your residency clock, and why the investment route lives or dies on one central-bank registration nobody mentions.
Buying Medellín property through an S.A.S. vs. persona natural
The dinner-table advice says 'use a company.' The real answer depends on your visa plans, your exit, and carrying costs nobody prices in. The actual decision framework.
Short-term rental rules in Medellín: what Airbnb investors need to know
RNT registration, the building reglamento that kills deals, city enforcement, and the honest 2026 math — including when a boring long-term lease quietly wins.
El Poblado vs. Laureles in 2026: which one is for you?
Both barrios get oversimplified online. After eight years showing properties in both, here's the actually-useful comparison.
How foreign buyers are actually financing Medellín property in 2026
Cross-border financing has changed. Here's the real menu of options — and what the banks won't say out loud.
An honest guide to medical tourism in Medellín
What works, what to avoid, and how to budget the stay without confusing cheap care for safe care.
Five pre-construction projects worth watching this quarter
Builder-direct pricing isn't always the deal it sounds like. Here are the projects where the math actually works.