How the payment is calculated
A peso loan has a fixed payment: it comes from the standard amortization formula, using the monthly rate equivalent to the effective annual rate the bank offers you. Borrower life insurance and fire and earthquake insurance are added to that payment every month.
In the first years, most of each payment is interest; over time, more of it goes to principal. The amortization table shows it year by year.
The 40% rule
Since Decree 583 of 2025, the first payment of a home loan or a housing lease cannot exceed 40% of household income, for both social-interest (VIS) and non-VIS housing. That's why the calculator shows the income required: the payment divided by 40%. Each lender may require less.
Decree 1077 of 2015, art. 2.1.11.1, as amended by Decree 583 of 2025
How much the bank finances
With a mortgage, the bank finances up to 70% of the property for non-VIS housing and up to 80% for VIS housing. A housing lease (leasing habitacional) has no such cap: lenders currently finance up to 90%. The difference is the down payment, which in an off-plan project is paid during construction.
Decree 1077 of 2015, art. 2.1.11.1, item a
Pesos, UVR or a housing lease
In pesos, the payment is fixed. In UVR, the debt is measured in a unit that rises with inflation: the first payment is lower and it keeps rising. With a housing lease, the bank buys the property and you pay a monthly lease; at the end you pay the purchase option to keep it.
The term
By law, a home loan has a minimum term of 5 years. The Government sets the maximum; lenders currently lend for up to 30 years, and for people living outside Colombia a reference lender offers up to 20.
Law 546 of 1999, art. 17, as amended by Law 2079 of 2021
Deed and registration costs
On top of the price, you pay the notary, the registration and the registration tax for the sale and, with a mortgage, for the mortgage too. The Superintendence of Notaries and Registry sets notary and registration fees every year; each department sets the registration tax. The calculator uses the 2026 resolutions and marks what isn't verified as an assumption.
Resolutions RES-2026-000964-6 and RES-2026-001726-6
If you live outside Colombia
You can buy from abroad with a loan from a Colombian bank. The payment is in pesos: if your income is in another currency, the calculator shows how the payment weighs if the exchange rate goes up or down.