Updated November 2026

Buying property in Latin America? We did the homework.

Prices, fees, rules and the classic mistakes, country by country.

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Each country has its own page: free articles, useful numbers, and the guides.

A bright Buenos Aires flat with a balcony onto a jacaranda-lined streetArgentinaRio de Janeiro at sunset, the lagoon and Dois Irmãos hillBrazilA colourful hillside street in Valparaíso, Chile, with the bay behindChileA flat balcony in Medellín, Colombia, overlooking the valleyColombiaA Caribbean coastal village in Costa Rica seen from above, jungle and reefCosta RicaPalm trees on a white-sand beach in Punta Cana, Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Santa Catalina arch in Antigua, Guatemala, with the Agua volcano behindGuatemalaA Caribbean beach on Utila, in the Bay Islands of HondurasHondurasA Mexico City avenue lined with purple jacaranda treesMexicoThe yellow cathedral of Granada, NicaraguaNicaraguaThe Panama City skyline seen from the waterfrontPanamaCusco, Peru, with its main square and the Andes behindPeruThe palm-lined promenade of Pocitos beach in Montevideo at sunsetUruguay

How the 13 countries compare.

The same numbers for every country, taken from our country pages. Pick what matters to you.

Foreign-born residents as a share of the population · Updated November 2026

One question at a time, with real numbers.

One question, one clear answer, and where the number comes from.

Ciudad Vieja
Pocitos
Carrasco

2-bed flat, asking price

Real prices, area by area

What homes actually ask, neighborhood by neighborhood. Not a national average.

Agent$11,000
Escribano$11,000–12,700
Transfer tax$1,800–4,200
On a $300k home$24,300–29,200

Every fee, line by line

Who charges what, and what you pay on top of the price before you get the keys.

1A reservation is not a sale
2Unpaid building fees
3Too much cash at the deed
4Wrong seller

The traps, before you sign

The mistakes foreign buyers keep making, and the one check that avoids each.

Examples from our Uruguay guides · November 2026

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