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Chile: House Prices, Rents, and Rental Yields

Last Updated: Nov 08, 2008

Santiago - 8.16%, Viña Del Mar - 4.31%

Last Updated: Nov. 11, 2008
SANTIAGO -
Apartments
COST (US$) YIELD (p.a.) PRICE/SQ.M. (US$)
TO BUY MONTHLY RENT TO BUY MONTHLY RENT
60 sq. m. 98,520 598 7.29% 1,642 9.97
120 sq. m. 144,480 1,068 8.87% 1,204 8.90
180 sq. m. 227,880 1,625 8.56% 1,266 9.03
250 sq. m. 328,250 2,720 9.94% 1,313 10.88
330 sq. m. 581,790 2,977 6.14% 1,763 9.02
VALPARAISO -
Houses
75 sq. m. 45,525 253 6.66% 607 3.37
120 sq. m. 88,560 474 6.42% 738 3.95
175 sq. m. 99,750 n.a. n.a. 570 n.a.
255 sq. m. 155,805 n.a. n.a. 611 n.a.
425 sq. m. 280,075 n.a. n.a. 659 n.a.
VIÑA DEL MAR -
Apartments
60 sq. m. 87,480 355 4.86% 1,458 5.91
120 sq. m. 187,680 586 3.74% 1,564 4.88
180 sq. m. 246,060 889 4.34% 1,367 4.94
350 sq. m. 450,800 n.a. n.a. 1,288 n.a.
SOUTHERN CHILE
CONCEPCIÓN – Apartments
60 sq. m. 32,100 n.a. n.a. 535 n.a.
120 sq. m. 79,200 596 9.04% 660 4.97
200 sq. m. 175,400 n.a. n.a. 877 n.a.
280 sq. m. 233,520 n.a. n.a. 834 n.a.
440 sq. m. 370,920 n.a. n.a. 843 n.a.
Las Condes, Providencia, Vitacura
Source: Global Property Guide                    Definitions: Data FAQ                       See also: Update Schedule

There are surprisingly large differences between levels of gross rental yields in Chile’s cities.

Apartments in prime areas of the capital, Santiago - Las Condes, Providencia, Vitacura - have excellent average rental yields of 8.16%, according to our research.

This suggests that prime areas of Santiago are potentially excellent residential investments, as far as apartments are concerned.

In the city of Viña Del Mar, the apartments we surveyed yielded only half as much, on average, with gross rental yields of around 4.31% only. At this kind of level, investment in property for rental income is only a moderately attractive proposition, unless there are other incentives.

For Viña del Mar and Valparaiso, we covered the whole city. It wasn’t possible to narrow down the research further.

Houses in Valparaiso have moderate to good yields at 6.9%, for the rather small houses, which was the only size for which we were able to get data.

In the southern city of Concepción, 120 square metre apartments have excellent gross rental yields of 9.04%. Unfortunately, data was scarce and we were only able to form an impression of yields for this size, but generally, in a particular city, yields tend to be consistent across the different sizes, except that smaller apartments tend to yield more.

Apartments in Santiago and Viña del Mar cost around the same, per square metre. Apartments in Santiago start at an average of US$ 98,520 for a 60 square metre apartment, versus US$ 87,480 for the same sized property in Viña Del Mar – but this cost-difference is not consistent across the size-range, and the 120 sq. m. apartments that we surveyed are slightly more expensive in Viña Del Mar. Readers should not attach too much significance to these minor differences.

 





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