The price of an apartment can triple depending on where you buy it.
Buying a home in the Metropolitan Region of the Dominican Republic presents stark economic contrasts that can triple or otherwise significantly increase the cost per square meter of an apartment, depending solely on the municipality or neighborhood where the purchase is made.
The gap in the real estate market is due to marked territorial differentiation in land values and the types of projects under development.
According to the recent Report of Results of the Registry of Building Supply (ROE 2026-1) of the National Statistics Office (ONE), the average municipal price per square meter of apartments reaches its highest value in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, at RD$148,445.
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This amount contrasts sharply with peripheral areas such as Los Alcarrizos, where the average value per square meter is RD$48,418, indicating that prices triple as you move towards the urban center. At the sector or neighborhood level, the discrepancies in real estate value are even more pronounced.
The ONE technical report reveals that the Paraíso sector has the highest average price per square meter in the metropolis, reaching RD$218,951. This is closely followed by the exclusive Piantini district, with an average price of RD$210,026 per square meter, consolidating these areas of the National District as the most expensive in the market.
Regarding the median value per housing unit, the economic gap also marks considerable differences between sectors.
Los Cacicazgos tops the list of neighborhoods with the most expensive housing, registering a median price of RD$23,500,000 per apartment.
Following in this high-end classification are the residential areas of Piantini and Renacimiento, which concentrate the highest monetary volume supply in the capital.
The census study reports that the area of individual construction intended for housing totaled 5,684,625 square meters in the region.
However, the distribution of square footage shows a high geographic concentration: Santo Domingo de Guzmán accounts for 36.9% of the built area, followed by Santo Domingo Este at 31.2% and Santo Domingo Norte at 20.6%.
This polarization of values coincides with a notable expansion in trade volume and the number of units placed on the market.
The total number of housing units grew by 23.6%, from 46,850 homes in the second half of 2025 to 57,920 in the first half of 2026, driven by strong demand. Finally, the market absorption figures confirm the buyer appetite in the real estate sector.
Units sold, reserved, or reserved increased by 44.7%, totaling 22,909 committed properties. Simultaneously, the immediately available supply rose to 19,351 units, while off-plan and future offerings more than doubled during the period analyzed.
