October 2026 at a Glance

House Prices and Trends

The national house price index for Colombia rose 12.8% year on year in Q1 2026 and was +4.1% against the previous quarter, according to BIS, Residential property prices (nominal). A year earlier the annual rate was +4.2%, so growth has picked up over twelve months. Recent quarters show the pace building rather than fading.

House price index, % change year on yearQ2 2024+7.7%Q3 2024+7.4%Q4 2024+10.2%Q1 2025+4.2%Q2 2025+9.9%Q3 2025+8.3%Q4 2025+11.9%Q1 2026+12.8%

Financing and Interest Rates

Banco de la República’s policy rate was 12.00% in September 2026 (BIS, Central bank policy rates). Rates are 2.75 points higher than a year ago, which raises the cost of borrowing and tends to cool price growth with a lag of two to four quarters.

Colombia in the News

• Colombia’s Earthquake History Teaches Property Buyers to Check the Building Code First – Finance Colombia (Finance Colombia, 14 Sep 2026)
• El Condor stock spans Colombian infrastructure and urban development – AD HOC NEWS (AD HOC NEWS, 6 Oct 2026)
• Some 25,000 people are seeking housing in Cali two weeks after Colombia's earthquake – MercoPress (MercoPress, 24 Aug 2026)
• LACoFD USA-2 Team Deploys to Colombia After 7.4 Earthquake – South Pasadena News (South Pasadena News, 15 Aug 2026)
• After being caught in a Colombian earthquake, Oakville man launches relief fundraiser – Oakville News (Oakville News, 15 Aug 2026)
• What Jumps Out: Dollar or Dolor? – Finance Colombia (Finance Colombia, 4 Aug 2026)

Reading the Trend

What to watch next month

• The next quarterly release of the house price index for Colombia (Q1 2026 is the latest) — whether annual growth keeps accelerating.
• Upcoming decisions by Banco de la República — any move from 12.00% feeds through to mortgage pricing within weeks.

What This Means for Buyers, Sellers and Investors

Sources

• BIS, Residential property prices (nominal)
• BIS, Central bank policy rates
• Headlines via Google News RSS; content belongs to the linked publishers.

Previous edition: Colombia Real Estate Market Report — September 2026

Cover photo: Santuario de Las Lajas, Ipiales, Colombia, 2015-07-21, DD 21-23 HDR by Diego Delso via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Methodology: all figures are taken directly from the free public statistical sources linked above, for the periods stated; official statistics are published with a lag, so the latest available release is used. Commentary is generated from those figures by rule and reviewed before publication. Nothing here is financial advice.