For foreign owners of Colombian property
You bought the apartment.
Now sell it properly.
There's no MLS, no license board, and no shortage of brokers who'll list your place at a fantasy price and let it sit for two years. Ventaya routes your property to vetted, bilingual agents who actually close — and walks you through the taxes, the escritura, and getting your money home.
Free for sellers. We're paid by the broker only when your property closes.
Anotación · Why this exists
Selling from abroad is a different sport than buying was.
When you bought, every gringo-facing brokerage in the city wanted your call. Selling is the opposite: you're one listing among thousands in a market with no shared database, where most agents only push their own inventory, and where the buyer pool that pays real prices — other foreigners — never sees your property unless the right broker is holding it.
No MLS, no visibility
Listings live in silos. The agent you sign with determines which buyers ever learn your property exists. Choosing on charm is how apartments sit unsold for years.
Fantasy pricing costs you
With no public sale data, brokers win listings by flattering your number. A stale listing then anchors every future negotiation against you. Honest comps up front beat a haircut later.
The exit is paperwork
Your 2016 wire decides your 2026 exit. Whether your investment was registered with Banco de la República determines how cleanly the proceeds leave Colombia.
Certificado de salida · The process
Five anotaciones between "I want out" and money in your account.
The same way a certificado de tradición records every event in a property's life, your exit is a numbered sequence. Skip a step or run them out of order and the whole thing stalls at the notaría.
Honest valuation
We gather what your property will actually trade for — comparable closed sales from brokers who work your building and barrio, not asking prices scraped from listing portals. You decide your number knowing the real range.
Paperwork audit
Certificado de tradición pulled fresh, liens and embargoes checked, predial and administración paz y salvos confirmed, and — critically — your Banco de la República foreign-investment registration located before anyone signs anything.
Broker match
Your listing goes to the vetted, bilingual agents in our network whose buyer pool fits your property — the ones selling to foreigners at your price point, in your neighborhood. Not whoever answered the phone first.
Promesa to escritura
Offer, promesa de compraventa, arras, and the deed at the notaría — with a lawyer reviewing clauses on your side, remote signing by power of attorney if you're not in Colombia, and withholding handled correctly at closing.
Repatriation
Proceeds leave through the canal cambiario against your registered investment — declared, documented, and convertible without drama. This is where a clean 2016 paper trail pays for itself.
Ledger · What the sale actually costs you
The numbers nobody volunteers until you're at the notaría.
Education, not tax advice — your closer and accountant confirm your exact position. But these are the line items every foreign seller should know before setting a price.
✓ Figures current as of August 2026 — statute-indexed, swept annually
Tell us about the property.
We'll tell you what the exit looks like.
Six questions, two minutes. You get a straight read on pricing reality, your paperwork position, and which brokers we'd put your listing in front of — on WhatsApp, from a person.
Start your selling planPreguntas · Straight answers
What sellers ask us first.
What does Ventaya cost me?
Nothing. We're a referral network — when your property closes through a broker we introduced, the broker pays us a share of their commission. Your listing agreement and commission rate are between you and the broker, and we'll tell you what's normal for your segment so you can negotiate it with open eyes.
Are you real estate agents?
No, and we don't pretend to be. We don't list, show, or negotiate your property. We vet the people who do, match your property to the right one, and stay in the loop so you're never guessing what's happening. Introducer role, strictly.
I never registered my purchase with Banco de la República. Am I stuck?
Not necessarily stuck, but it's the first thing to resolve, because it governs how cleanly your proceeds can leave Colombia. There are remediation paths depending on how the money originally entered. Mention it in the qualifier — it changes the plan more than any other single answer.
Can I sell without flying to Colombia?
Yes. A properly drafted power of attorney — apostilled or executed at a Colombian consulate — lets a lawyer sign the promesa and escritura on your behalf. The POA holder should be your lawyer, never anyone on the buyer's side. Remote sales close routinely; they just require the sequencing to be right.
How long will it take to sell?
Honestly: it depends on segment, barrio, and — more than anything — pricing. We won't quote you a fabricated average. What we will do is show you what comparable units have actually done, so your expectations are built on closed sales instead of a broker's pitch.
What if I'm still deciding whether to sell?
Run the qualifier anyway. Knowing your tax position, your paperwork status, and your realistic price band costs you nothing and makes the keep-or-sell decision an informed one. Plenty of owners run the numbers and choose to hold — that's a fine outcome.