🇪🇨 Buy Property in Quito, Ecuador
1,243 properties from $100K to $2500K
Median Price
$205K
Avg Size
1,690 sq ft
Listings
1,243
About Quito
Ecuador's capital sits at 9,350 feet in the Andes with year-round spring-like weather, eliminating the need for heating or AC. Most expats live comfortably on $2,000-$3,500/month, and doctor visits with English-speaking specialists rarely exceed $50. The city uses the US dollar (no currency exchange needed), and while Spanish helps enormously, business professionals in Quito often speak English.
1,243 Listings in Quito
Living in Quito
What American expats need to know about Ecuador
Visa
Retirement (Pensionado) Visa — requires just $1,446/mo pension income (Social Security qualifies), no age minimum. 2-year temporary permit, then permanent residency after 21 months. Professional Visa — for remote workers or self-employed, requires $1,446/mo income proof. One of the lowest income thresholds in the world.
Cost of Living
Excluding rent, a single person needs ~$600 USD/mo; a family of four ~$2,100 USD/mo. Rent (1-bed, city center): Quito ~$550, Salinas ~$600, Cuenca ~$500, Guayaquil ~$450. Groceries run $5-8/day per person. Overall 55-70% below US major cities — Cuenca runs $1,200-1,800/mo for a couple with private healthcare; uses USD.
Key Fact
Ecuador uses the US dollar and has no currency exchange risk. The average US Social Security payment ($1,900/mo) comfortably exceeds the visa requirement and covers a good lifestyle. Cuenca has a massive American expat community with English-speaking services.
Life in Ecuador
Colonial architecture draped in bougainvillea, $3 almuerzos that include soup and a main course, and a mountain-ringed city where retirees discover that the cost of a good life was always lower than they feared.
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