Latest DANE data · Q2 2026
6.28%
annual change in new-home prices in Cartagena and Turbaco
National total: 8.80%
DANE, IPVN · published August 24, 2026
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Cartagena's Zona Norte, one news item at a time
We follow what is being built, opened and invested in the north of the city. Each item shows its outlet and its date, and links to the original article, in Spanish.
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Public works are one of the factors that can influence the value of nearby properties; the effect varies from case to case and is not guaranteed. Each project's status is the one its source reports, as of the date shown.
Illustrated map: the coastline, the bay, the lagoon and the Vía al Mar are a drawing based on OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). The areas are our own grouping to read the map, not official boundaries. The Atlántico coast is shown as a diagram, not to scale. Each point sits at its verified coordinates, and its card shows the source. Public works and places verified on October 14, 2026.
Prices, according to DANE
How new-home prices have moved
New-home sales in 2025
About 70%
of 2025 sales of new non-VIS homes (priced above the social-housing cap) were in the Zona Norte
Source: Camacol Bolívar, cited by El Universal (March 3, 2026)
- Cartagena and Turbaco
- National total
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| Year | Cartagena and Turbaco | National total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.84% | 8.11% |
| 2019 | 1.40% | 5.79% |
| 2020 | 0.88% | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 6.59% | 6.76% |
| 2022 | 1.43% | 8.78% |
| 2023 | 23.87% | 12.40% |
| 2024 | 3.72% | 9.07% |
| 2025 | 8.73% | 9.17% |
DANE (Colombia's national statistics office), New Housing Price Index (IPVN), technical bulletins for Q4 2018 through Q4 2025 and for Q2 2026 (published August 24, 2026). DANE reports Cartagena as “Cartagena AU (Cartagena and Turbaco)”. The IPVN measures the average change in the asking prices of new homes under construction; it is not the value of any particular project or property, it does not adjust for inflation, and its past performance neither predicts nor guarantees future results.
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The Gran Malecón del Mar gets ready to open its first section (opens on El Universal)
The city government announced that in October it will deliver the first two kilometers of the Gran Malecón del Mar, starting from La Boquilla. The project has a planned investment of COP 197,000 million and more than 100,000 m² of public space.
Tierra Baja opens a new access road with a roundabout and lighting (opens on El Universal)
The Mayor's Office delivered Tierra Baja's new road access in the Zona Norte: 1,813 linear meters of roads with sidewalks, a turnaround roundabout, signage and lighting, with an investment of COP 20,407 million.
Crespo receives its linear park and seven coastal-protection groins (opens on ANI)
Colombia's National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) handed over to the city, at no cost, the Parque Lineal Paseo Marítimo de Crespo and the coastal-protection works with their seven groins, a step forward for the Gran Malecón del Mar.
The Bayunca mega-school passes 59% completion (opens on El Universal)
By mid-June, construction of the new Bayunca mega-school was 59.23% complete, according to the city's Infrastructure Department. It will offer a technical high school track in agribusiness for the Zona Norte.
Azul de Arenas starts work at the city's exit toward Barranquilla (opens on El Tiempo)
Arquitectura & Concreto began preliminary works on Azul de Arenas, a development of more than 2 million m². According to the company, the first phase of its shopping center, Kristal Malls, amounts to COP 1 trillion (one million million pesos) and would be ready in 2029.
La Boquilla will have a public oceanfront mega-school (opens on El Tiempo)
The city government announced a tourism-focused public mega-school in La Boquilla, for more than a thousand students, with an investment it estimates at more than COP 20,000 million. The plan calls for two months of design and twelve of construction.
Bayunca and Pontezuela build their first sewer network (opens on El Universal)
The city government is building the sewer system for Bayunca and Pontezuela, connected to the Punta Canoa treatment plant, for more than 26,000 residents. The investment is COP 114,616 million and the timeline is 19 months.
The Zona Norte accounts for almost 70% of non-VIS housing sales (opens on El Universal)
According to Camacol Bolívar, in 2025 Cartagena's Zona Norte accounted for almost 70% of non-VIS housing sales, that is, homes priced above the social-interest housing cap.
The Serena del Mar hospital makes Newsweek's world ranking (opens on Newsweek)
Centro Hospitalario Serena del Mar ranks 18th among the 50 Colombian hospitals in Newsweek and Statista's World's Best Hospitals 2026, and it is the only one from Cartagena on the list.
Punta Canoa builds nearly two kilometers of concrete streets (opens on El Universal)
Punta Canoa's internal road loop, part of the city's Vías para la Felicidad program, reached 40% completion by mid-February: nearly 2 km of concrete streets for about 2,000 residents.
Red mangroves planted on the shore of the Ciénaga de la Virgen (opens on El Universal)
On World Wetlands Day, environmental guards planted 100 red mangrove seedlings in La Boquilla, in an area that Cardique, the regional environmental authority, had already restored.
Serena del Mar reaches about 8,000 residents, according to its developer (opens on El Universal)
According to Novus Civitas, the developer of Serena del Mar, builders delivered 1,300 more apartments in 2025, and about 8,000 people lived there as of December. For 2026, it announced 1,300 homes at the VIS price cap near Tierra Baja.
Faranda Collection Cartagena opens with 242 rooms in the Zona Norte (opens on Pasillo Turístico)
The Faranda Collection Cartagena hotel, a member of Radisson Individuals, opened on December 10, 2025, in the Morros area, on the Anillo Vial, with 242 rooms.
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