Chile real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend
- Average price: $2,247 / m²
- Gross rental yield: 4.65%
- 12-month price change (USD): 5.13%
- Price basis: national average
Residential property in Chile averages $2,247 per square metre, +5.1% in dollar terms over the last twelve months. That makes it the 195th most expensive of the 236 markets in the set.
What a buyer pays in Chile
The $2,247 figure is a national average across all residential property types, which flattens a wide spread — the capital typically runs far above it and small towns far below. Inside Chile we also track Santiago de Chile separately, where the average is $2,642 — 17.6% above the national figure.
What it earns
A square metre lets for about $8.7 a month. Against a purchase price of $2,247 per square metre that is 4.7% gross, before tax. Both figures come from the same source and the same period, so you can check the arithmetic yourself. It ranks 165th of 269 markets by gross yield.
Chile house price index, 2016–2026 (2016 = 100)
| Year | Index |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 100 |
| 2017 | 108.2 |
| 2018 | 119 |
| 2019 | 129 |
| 2020 | 137.6 |
| 2021 | 153.9 |
| 2022 | 164.4 |
| 2023 | 177.5 |
| 2024 | 190.4 |
| 2025 | 201.8 |
| 2026 | 206.7 |
Rebased to 100 in 2016, the index stands at 206.7 in 2026.
How this figure is built
The price figure for Chile is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-17. We rate our confidence in this market’s data low — treat the figures as indicative and check them before acting. We recompute every market the same way; a figure that fails our checks is suppressed, not guessed.
Sources: Numbeo country page · numbeo.com · stats.bis.org. Snapshot: 2026-10-17.
Related markets: Santiago de Chile