Registering your money with Banco de la República
Formulario No. 4, not No. 5. The single most expensive paperwork mistake foreign buyers make in Colombia, and it happens before you choose a property.
Read itGuides
The things nobody tells you until it's expensive.
Four pieces, written for a foreign buyer with no prior exposure to Colombian property law. Every figure names its source. Where something changes annually, that is said plainly.
Property and the investor visa: the 350 SMMLV threshold
Why a purchase that qualified last year may not qualify at renewal, and what the 2026 numbers actually are.
Read itEstrato, explained for people who didn't grow up with it
Colombia grades every address from 1 to 6. It sets your utility bills, it is assigned per address, and it is not a quality rating.
Read itThere is no MLS in Colombia
What replaces it, why the same apartment is advertised at three prices, and how to do price discovery without one.
Read itAlso useful: the closing cost calculator using Antioquia rates, and the purchase process in sequence.