Cheap Housing in Argentina

[Ries]

A lot of the small towns on the original list are way out in the country. Full day or even two day drives to CABA. And yet there are a ton of small cute towns that are much closer, and still quite cheap. Once you get past the zona cheto of countries,like the ones being discussed above, there are dozens and dozens of old railway towns within a half day drive of BA that are empty. I really like the stretch of ruta 29 south of General Belgrano, towns with five or ten houses. But towns like azul, or rauch, or coronel pringles or saldungaray are all inexpensive and peaceful, with varying stores and services depending on size. Tandil is wonderful, not cheap cheap but certainly cheaper than Ba. All would be much closer to hospitals and airports and internet than some of the farflung places on the original list. In many of those towns, there are 2 and 3 bedroom small and simple houses in the “ center “ of town, for as little as $50,000. Walk to the stores.

 

[LuckyLuke]

I'm surprised Cordoba/San Luis didn't make the list. I stop regularly in Victorica on the way to San Luis from Neuquen, and while it's a pleasant touristy stop along the ruta, the one little town that really surprised me for it's quaint beauty was San Martin, San Luis.

Cheers!

 

[FrankPintor]

There's definitely an uptick in house sales in Barrio San Sebastian, I didn't see anything for USD 100k, but for sure well under the value I would expect. It looked reasonably nice, lagoons, and various amenities. I was wondering what might have gone wrong there.

Places like Pilar del Este, Maschwitz, and others have been way, way overbuilt, I wouldn't be surprised if the public utilities were not able to keep up with the new demand. And yes, expensas are becoming very expensive now. Part of it is because of the ARBA tax and how it's being applied.

Anyway, sorry for continuing the thread hijack, back to your normal programming now

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Whoa whoa whoa, https://www.barriosansebastian.com.ar/ reports that the barrio was developed in 2006 and has 2218 houses total.

You're saying that due to ballooning expensas, prices have dropped in half?

Zonaprop reports that there are 794 houses for sale there, that's 33% of the entire complex is for sale??

This sounds like a real estate disaster. Is this some kind of growing trend in CABA countries?

There is a lot of people who bought houses using bank credit. Since Milei got into office expenses went from 40.000 up to 1.000.000 pesos. They cannot pay it.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

This is so far from the theme of the Original Post. Not close to what is being discussed here. Not to mention, it sounds like a terrible place. I would not live there if you paid me.

Here is the reminder of how the thread started:

In fact it is a beautiful place. But stay away so it keeps that way.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

This is so far from the theme of the Original Post. Not close to what is being discussed here. Not to mention, it sounds like a terrible place. I would not live there if you paid me.

Here is the reminder of how the thread started:

In fact it is a beautiful place. But stay away so it keeps that way

There's definitely an uptick in house sales in Barrio San Sebastian, I didn't see anything for USD 100k, but for sure well under the value I would expect. It looked reasonably nice, lagoons, and various amenities. I was wondering what might have gone wrong there.

Places like Pilar del Este, Maschwitz, and others have been way, way overbuilt, I wouldn't be surprised if the public utilities were not able to keep up with the new demand. And yes, expensas are becoming very expensive now. Part of it is because of the ARBA tax and how it's being applied.

Anyway, sorry for continuing the thread hijack, back to your normal programming now

I’m in the real estate W.A. group and they agreed to keep prices inflated and they were chatting that the only sold houses were those 50% off, this is why I suggested to make an offer.

 

[steveinbsas]

Here's a "casa quinta" that appears to be ready to live in and just below the $50K USD price threshold and isn't is the middle of nowhere or in a barrio cerrado. It would not have monthly home owners fees that would be paid to a consorcio.

https://inmueble.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-2123537780#origin=share&sid=share&action=copy

It's near Pilar but it may not be in what might be a safe neighborhood, especially for a foreigner to live in. The lawyer my Argentine girlfriend insisted that I use when applying for temporary residency in 2006 was trying to sell his house in Pilar at the time because it was too dangerous to drive through nearby areas like San Fernando to get to the autopista for the drive to his office near the Obelisco.

 

[steveinbsas]

Just wanted to note that the house located in Moreno and is very close to route 7 (au acceso oeste) and close to the entrance of the barrio cerrado San Diego, but it's still inside what i consider the "zone of chaos."

 

[FrankPintor]

Here's a "casa quinta" that appears to be ready to live in and just below the $50K USD price threshold and isn't is the middle of nowhere or in a barrio cerrado. It would not have monthly home owners fees that would be paid to a consorcio.

https://inmueble.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-2123537780#origin=share&sid=share&action=copy

It's near Pilar but it may not be in what might be a safe neighborhood, especially for a foreigner to live in. The lawyer my Argentine girlfriend insisted that I use when applying for temporary residency in 2006 was trying to sell his house in Pilar at the time because it was too dangerous to drive through nearby areas like San Fernando to get to the autopista for the drive to his office near the Obelisco.

ML don't seem to purge their listings, and this one is 5 years old. I have no idea how prices have evolved since then.

Pilar is not too bad, Pilar Centro looks a bit sketchy, though there are nice residential areas like Villamorra and around the Champagnat shopping centre, and it's been left more or less in the past as Pilar del Este has exploded. All the amenities are there, along Ruta 8, and if you go further out, it's all horse country, ranches, polo centres, riding schools and so on.

About the house, what you might save on expensas could be consumed by heating (and cooling) costs, the house looks to be maybe 50 years old and those Cordoba bricks aren't going to insulate much.

 

[steveinbsas]

ML don't seem to purge their listings, and this one is 5 years old. I have no idea how prices have evolved since then.

I am 99.999% certain that the the price was actually lower when the listing was published and, based on the fact that the listing is still active, the price has always been higher than anyone has been willing to pay.