Development intelligence
Development pulse — Guatemala
What is being built in Guatemala, from four angles: what the authorities approved, what is already being sold off-plan, the developer projects we follow, and the demand behind it. Aggregate signals only.
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Authorized construction
2.9M m²
2024+11.5%
Published pre-sale offer
650+
6.4% of the published sale offer
New pre-sale in 30 days
20+
listings entering the visible market
Tracked projects
287
48 in an active phase
Population growth
1.5%
per year · World Bank 2025
Signal 1 · official
Construction permits
What the authorities approved — the earliest hard signal of future supply.
Square meters authorized
· annual
Scope: metropolitan area · 2017 → 2024
20172024
The permit count series changed methodology in 2024, so the headline follows authorized square meters, which stayed comparable.
Where permits concentrate
Top municipalities by permits, latest period available.
1
Guatemala
1,574
2
Mixco
714
3
Villa Nueva
459
4
Santa Catarina Pinula
215
5
San Miguel Petapa
131
6
San José Pinula
114
Source: Cámara Guatemalteca de la Construcción · official data.
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Signal 2 · visible market
Published pre-sale offer
Listings in the visible market that advertise pre-sale, off-plan or under-construction units. Published asking prices, never closings.
By property type
Median asking price and size of pre-sale listings, by type (sale only).
| Type | Listings | Median asking price | Median size |
| Apartment |
500+ |
$208,387 |
86 m² |
| House |
60+ |
$527,866 |
311 m² |
| Office |
20+ |
$181,943 |
79 m² |
Where pre-sale is being offered
Zones with the most pre-sale listings right now.
1
Zona 15
100+
2
Zona 10
100+
3
Zona 16
90+
4
Zona 11
90+
5
Zona 12
40+
6
Zona 13
20+
7
Zona 14
20+
8
Carretera a El Salvador
20+
Counts are rounded down to protect source coverage. Visible market only: pre-sales placed privately never appear here.
Signal 3 · developers
Tracked developer projects
Projects publicly marketed by developers that we follow over time: phases, delivery years, typical sizes and prices.
104 of the 287 tracked projects are approved for FHA financing (Instituto de Fomento de Hipotecas Aseguradas). They are counted as "upcoming", not as a construction phase.
Mix by phase
How the tracked inventory splits by construction status.
Pre-sale
42 · 14.6%
Under construction
1 · 0.3%
Upcoming
109 · 38.0%
Delivered
48 · 16.7%
87 projects do not publish a phase and are not shown here.
Delivery years
Delivery year distribution across tracked projects.
Most active zones
Where developers are concentrating new inventory.
Zona 15
12 active
23 Total
Zona 16
12 active
23 Total
Zona 10
16 active
21 Total
Zona 12
10 active
14 Total
Zona 13
8 active
14 Total
Fraijanes
8 active
12 Total
Zona 11
9 active
11 Total
San José Pinula
8 active
11 Total
Typical sizes and prices by property type
Percentiles of starting area and median starting price across tracked projects.
| Type | Projects | Size p25 | Size median | Size p75 | Median price (from) |
| Apartment |
165 |
48 m² |
70 m² |
103 m² |
$124,700 |
| House |
97 |
216 m² |
286 m² |
407 m² |
$144,874 |
| Land |
4 |
801 m² |
1402 m² |
1544 m² |
$180,871 |
Price tiers (starting price USD)
How the inventory splits across budget tiers.
Most common amenities
Share of tracked projects offering each amenity.
Gym16.7%
Pool13.2%
BBQ area7.3%
Pet friendly7.0%
Parking4.9%
Elevator0.3%
Top developers
Developers with the most projects tracked in this country.
EA Inmobiliaria
7 Projects
Spectrum
6 Projects · $131,509 median
Desarrollos Palo Blanco
5 Projects · $123,696 median
GRUPO NPUNTO
5 Projects · $62,043 median
Milésimo
5 Projects · $119,907 median
Signal 4 · demand
Demand context
Structural drivers behind new construction (World Bank, 2025).
1.5%
Population growth per year
Data coverage for Guatemala
What each signal is built from, so you can judge it.
| Construction permits |
Available · 2017 → 2024 · metropolitan area · Cámara Guatemalteca de la Construcción |
| Published pre-sale offer |
Available · live, refreshed daily from public sources |
| Tracked developer projects |
Available · 287 Projects · updated 2026-09-08 |
| Demand context |
Available · World Bank 2025 |
Source:
Official permit data is credited to the issuing institution. Listing-derived figures are aggregated from public sources and rounded; no individual listing or project is shown. Asking prices, not closings.