Apartment sales price per square meter in Latin America 2023, by city

Among the cities shown in the graph, Montevideo (Uruguay) had the most expensive price per square meter in the region in September 2023, with an average selling price of 3,166 U.S. dollars for an apartment. Mexico City (Mexico) ranked second, with a selling price of 2,948 U.S. dollars per square meter.House ownership and mortgage loans in Latin AmericaHouse ownership is the most common form of housing tenure in many Latin American countries. In Mexico, for instance, more than 23 million families owned their home in 2018, while in Peru, nearly three fourths of households live in their own house that same year. As a result, mortgage loans represent an important source of home financing in Latin America. In Colombia, approximately 1.3 million home credits are granted every quarter, reaching a value of 88.44 trillion Colombian pesos at the end of 2019.The surge of PropTech in the regionPropTech refers to the use of technology to assist and enhance the real estate industry. In Latin America, the pioneer on this subject is Brazil - the most populated country in the region - with a total of 225 startups working on this sector. In 2019, PropTech concentrated approximately nine percent of the regions's venture capital investments, a clear sign of technology's potential for improving this traditional industry.

在图中展示的城市中，蒙得维的亚（乌拉圭）在2023年9月该区域拥有每平方米最昂贵的房价，公寓的平均售价为3,166美元。墨西哥城（墨西哥）位列第二，每平方米的售价为2,948美元。在拉丁美洲国家中，房屋所有权是最常见的居住形式。例如，在墨西哥，截至2018年，超过2,300万户家庭拥有自己的住房，而在秘鲁，同年约有四分之三的家庭居住在自己的房屋中。因此，抵押贷款在拉丁美洲成为重要的住房融资来源。在哥伦比亚，每季度大约有130万份住房贷款发放，截至2019年底，贷款总额达到8.844万亿哥伦比亚比索。该地区PropTech的兴起——PropTech指的是利用技术辅助和提升房地产行业。在拉丁美洲，巴西是该领域的先驱者——该区域人口最多的国家——共有225家初创公司致力于此领域。2019年，PropTech占该区域风险投资总额的约九个百分点，这明确显示出技术改善传统行业的潜力。