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Fort Buchanan reported more than $16.2 million in housing-related economic activity in 58 of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities in federal fiscal year 2026, elvocero.com reported on October 2, 2026, citing figures released by the installation.

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A five-bedroom beachfront unit in Ocean Park, Santurce, asks $4.5 million

Unit A of the house at 2 Calle Rambla del Almirante, Ocean Park, Santurce, San Juan, 00911 is for sale at $4,500,000 for 452 m2 / 4,863 sq ft of built space. The listing was first recorded on September 3, 2026.

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The Puerto Rico Builders Association held its annual convention on October 7 and 8, 2026, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, with housing solutions and investment opportunities on the agenda, elnuevodia.com reported on October 5. The event marked the association's 75th anniversary, celebrated with a gala on Friday, October 9.

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Puerto Rico's governor said on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, that the average time to process a Consolidated Construction Permit fell from 107 days in 2024 to 62 days in 2026, a 42.1 percent reduction, sanjuandailystar.com reported. She gave the figures at the annual convention of the Puerto Rico Builders Association, held at the Condado Vanderbilt hotel in San Juan.

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A golf-course house at The Enclave in Dorado asks $8.9 million, under its $10.3 million recorded sale of 2022

The house at Condominio Plantation Village, 17 The Enclave, Higuillar, Dorado, 00646 is for sale at $8,900,000. The property's last recorded sale was $10,300,000, on March 31, 2022, so the ask is $1.4 million under that deed. The listing was first recorded on August 29, 2026.

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Owners of small inns known as paradores in Puerto Rico's western region, among them the owner of Parador Boquemar in Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, have renewed their call for the government to tighten enforcement of the laws that already regulate short-term rentals, sanjuandailystar.com reported on October 6, 2026.

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The Office of Government Ethics has filed an ethics complaint against an employee of Puerto Rico's Department of Housing in the Arecibo Region, alleging he accessed and changed his own title-regularization application for a property in Adjuntas, noticel.com reported on October 9, 2026.

Source: NotiCel and RED Atlas

Company buyer records purchase of a unit in Candelero Abajo, Humacao

MS PROPERTIES INC. bought the property at Unit 12, Candelero Abajo, Humacao, 00791 for $1,860,000, in a deed recorded on September 24, 2026.

Source: RED Atlas

JL Properties, Inc. buys a 770 m2 property on Calle Pomarrosa in Santurce for $1.15 million

JL Properties, Inc. has bought the property at 118 Calle Pomarrosa, Santurce, San Juan, 00911 from a private party. The company paid $1,150,000, and the sale entered the registry on September 8, 2026. The deed gives the property 770.84 m2 (8,297 sq ft) of floor area on a lot that property records put at 809 m2.

Source: RED Atlas

The $424,000 the government spent rebuilding a two-bedroom home in Bayamón is not necessarily excessive, given the state and federal requirements such projects must meet, a former president of the Puerto Rico Builders Association said in a radio interview, notiuno.com reported on October 13, 2026. He said other alternatives should be weighed so that public funds go further.

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A woman in her eighties facing an eviction order from the two-bedroom house she has rented for 27 years in Urbanización Roosevelt, Hato Rey, San Juan, has completed the paperwork to begin the search for a permanent home and has shown interest in a unit at one of the housing projects presented to her, elvocero.com reported on Thursday, October 15, 2026. The Puerto Rico Department of Housing will coordinate a visit by her lawyer to the available unit in the complex she chose, a department spokesperson told the outlet.

Source: El Vocero and RED Atlas