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
1,914
2024Q4+12.1%
Published pre-sale offer
700+
6.6% of the published sale offer
New pre-sale in 30 days
15+
listings entering the visible market
Tracked projects
290
49 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.
Permits issued
· quarterly
Scope: metropolitan area · 2023Q1 → 2024Q4
2023Q12024Q4
Private constructions authorized by the municipalities of the department of Guatemala, as published by the INE; each year is published about ten months after it closes.
Where permits concentrate
Top municipalities by permits, latest period available.
1
Villa Nueva
1,359
2
San Miguel Petapa
1,318
3
Guatemala
1,048
4
Palencia
669
5
San José Pinula
568
6
San Juan Sacatepéquez
510
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · 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 |
600+ |
$193,052 |
84 m² |
| House |
60+ |
$641,124 |
321 m² |
| Office |
20+ |
$178,886 |
80 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 4
30+
7
Zona 13
30+
8
Zona 14
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 290 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
43 · 14.8%
Under construction
1 · 0.3%
Upcoming
109 · 37.6%
Delivered
50 · 17.2%
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
Zona 11
10 active
12 Total
Fraijanes
8 active
12 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 |
166 |
46 m² |
67 m² |
100 m² |
$124,700 |
| House |
99 |
205 m² |
283 m² |
406 m² |
$153,989 |
| 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.
Gym16.9%
Pool13.4%
BBQ area7.2%
Pet friendly6.9%
Parking4.5%
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 · $121,287 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 · 2023Q1 → 2024Q4 · metropolitan area · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) |
| Published pre-sale offer |
Available · live, refreshed daily from public sources |
| Tracked developer projects |
Available · 290 Projects · updated 2026-10-25 |
| 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.