New or old building: how much the rent changes according to the antiquity in Bogotá (2026)
Machine-assisted English version of the Spanish original by Aptología. All figures are locked to the original (numbers are copied, not re-translated); if in doubt, the Spanish original prevails.
In Bogotá, an apartment in a building 0 to 5 years rents 26.7% more per square metre than a comparable one in a building more than 20 years. But the old buildings have larger apartments: 104 m² in the medium versus 42 m² in the new ones.
Abstract: We analyze 15,369 unique apartments for rent in Bogotá that publish the age of the property.
Updated: 13 October of 2026 · Next update: monthly.
By age
| Antiquity | Announcements | Medium rental | Medium area | per m² | Difference per m² vs. more than 20 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 5 years | 4,154 | $2,000,000 | 42 m² | $53,333/m² | 26.7% |
| 5 to 10 years | 3,116 | $3,000,000 | 60 m² | $54,823/m² | 20.0% |
| 10 to 20 years | 3,303 | $4,665,000 | 86 m² | $54,167/m² | 17.5% |
| Over 20 years | 4,792 | $4,850,000 | 104 m² | $47,000/m² | 0.0% |
How to use it to decide: If you are looking for space by weight, buildings over 20 years of age are more meters. If you prioritize finishes and amenities, the new one costs that premium.
Frequently asked questions
Is it more expensive to rent in a new building in Bogotá? Yes: 26.7% per m² in front of a building over 20 comparable years, cut as at 13 October of 2026.
The old apartments are bigger? Yes: the median is 104 m² in buildings over 20 years and 42 m² in buildings between 0 and 5 years.
Methodology
- Source: daily intake base of Aptology, with public ads of Metroocuadrado, Fincaraíz, Cienalquís, Rentola and alchem.com. Court as at 13 October of 2026.
- Filters: live ads that pass quality control, in Bogotá, rent between $400,000 and $30,000,000. TikTok and Facebook Market are excluded.
- Duplicate: one ad is left per group of duplicates (the same building on several portals).
- Matched premium: The price per m² of ads of each age range is compared to more than 20 years within the same layer cell × rooms (minimum 8 ads per side) and the weighted median of the differences is reported. So the premium is not confused with estrato or size. The attribute is detected in the text of the ad, so they only have ads with description. The antiquity is taken from the top of the range published by the portal.
- Limitations: are prices ordered, not closed. The neighborhoods and localities come as each portal writes.
- Open data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
How to quote
Pinzón Pineda, D. M. (2026). New or old building: how much the rent changes according to the antiquity in Bogotá (2026). Aptology. https://www.aptologia.com/estudios/antiguedad-del-edificio-alquiler-bogota. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23344643 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Edificio nuevo o viejo: cuánto cambia el arriendo según la antigüedad en Bogotá (2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/antiguedad-del-edificio-arriendo-bogota
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/antiguedad-del-edificio-arriendo-bogota-2026