Colombian law firm
Independent private practice · not a government agency — we are neither the notary office nor the Office of Public Instruments Registration · we do not issue deeds, civil registry records or any other official document
Buying property in Colombia: legal review before you sign
There is no escrow and no title insurance here. The title study, the promise agreement and the deed are what protect you.
Attorney’s fee: COP 7,446,000 · notary and registry costs separate · see every cost
Law firm in Medellín. We only ever act for the buyer.
Is this for you?
This is for you if
- ✓You have found a property and want it checked before any money moves
- ✓You are buying from abroad and need the funds to enter the right way
- ✓You want the promise agreement drafted to protect you, not the seller
- ✓You are still looking and want everything ready before you find it
We also do this, separately
- Opening your broker account and registering the money as foreign investment
- Finding the property: we refer you to a trusted real estate ally
- Legal support if you are selling a property
What our fee covers
- ✓Who actually owns it: apparent owners, possessors and occupants
- ✓Every lien or registration that could block the sale
- ✓Title study and the full chain of previous owners
- ✓The promise agreement and the deed, negotiated and drafted
- ✓The closing at the notary, the registration and the handover
Your investment
COP 7,446,000
approx.
USD 2,350
+Second title study
Only if the first title study comes back unfavourable
COP 1,708,200
≈ USD 540
| Notarial fees, on the total value of the property | 0.29% | — |
| Registration fees, on the total value of the property | 0.98% | — |
| Departmental beneficence tax, on the total value of the property | 0.6% | — |
| Authentication of promise agreements, powers of attorney and certificates | ≈ COP 300,000 | USD 95 |
Three of the four are percentages of the price, so the amount is your purchase price — not a figure we can print. Cancelling a family patrimony, a housing encumbrance or a mortgage carries its own costs on top.
None of this is part of our fee. These amounts are paid to the institutions and third parties that charge them — not to us.
Delivery times
Title study and property background
2 business days
Once you have handed over all the information and documentation on the property.
Promise of sale drafted
3 business days
Once the terms of the deal have been settled with the seller.
Execution of the public deed
Set by the notary. It moves with the particulars of each transaction and with the notary’s availability.
These do not run one after the other. Each clock starts when its own input arrives — hand everything over at once and you have the title study and the promise agreement in three business days, not five.
Who you work with
Santiago Arroyave
Colombian attorney · Partner and director of the legal department
Specialist in Business Law, Universidad de Medellín · Specialist in Financial Law, Universidad EAFIT
The legal team handling your purchase works from our own office in Medellín.
22 professionals in corporate, private, employment, intellectual property, immigration and tax law
Medellín our own office
Questions
Can buying property get me a visa?
What can go wrong with a property in Colombia?
What does the purchase cost besides your fee?
I’m buying from abroad. How does the money come in?
What if the title study comes back unfavourable?
Can you help with an off-plan purchase?
“The title study, the promise of sale and the terms of the deal are your only chance to know that what you are buying is what you were told, and that it will actually end up yours. So we do not read a summary: we read the whole chain of owners, entry by entry, as far back as it takes.”
Found the property already?
Send us the address or the listing and we will tell you what the title study has to check.
Prefer to leave your details?
Free, and answered by a person, not a bot. Your case is read in-house,
by the same legal team that would take it on. If we are not the right
firm for it, we tell you that and why — usually within one business day.
What we are not
- ×In your purchase we act only for you, never for the seller
- ×We hold no delegated authority from any government body
- ×We do not issue deeds, certificates or civil registry records
- ×We do not guarantee an outcome — this is an obligation of means, not of result