SANTO DOMINGO. – The supply of buildings in the metropolitan region is not only growing, but also changing in its composition, according to data from the Building Supply Registry (ROE 2025-2) of the National Statistics Office.
The report shows a significant increase in marketable area, accompanied by a reduction in future supply and a strong dominance of housing.
By destination, the majority of the construction area corresponds to housing, which not only leads in volume but also in all phases of the marketing cycle:
1,342,125 m² unmarketable
, 1,541,274 m² sold, reserved, or subdivided
, 1,456,442 m² immediately available,
133,122 m² future available
. In comparison, the other destinations have considerably lower volumes:
Offices
: 179,893 m² unmarketable
, 700 m² sold,
16,302 m² immediately available,
16,000 m² future available.
Retail:
496,954 m² unmarketable,
16,170 m² sold,
15,002 m² immediately available
, 1,135 m² future available.
Other segments, although present, have a significantly smaller weight compared to the residential volume:
Education: 156,018 m²
Health: 116,665 m²
Religious entities: 29,910 m²
Other: 83,406 m²
One of the most relevant changes observed in the ROE 2025-2 is the marketable area, which includes units sold, separated or reserved, along with the immediate and future supply.
This increases from 2,129,614 m² in 2025-1 to 3,196,147 m² in 2025-2, for an increase of 1,066,533 m², which is explained by the increase in immediate supply, which goes from 726,896 m² to 1,487,746 m² and the increase in the area sold or reserved, which goes up from 1,145,099 m² to 1,558,144 m².
In contrast, future supply shows a significant drop, going from 257,619 m² in 2025-1 to 150,257 m² in 2025-2, a reduction of 107,362 m².
This trend indicates a lower volume of early-stage projects within the registry. The report also notes a decrease in the “no information” category, which fell from 1,055,193 m² in 2025-1 to 287,261 m² in 2025-2, a reduction of 767,932 m². This suggests an improvement in the quality and coverage of the reported data, which in turn enhances transparency.
Overall, the data show a market with a higher volume in active phases (sales and immediate offers), a lower weight of future supply, and a structure dominated by housing.
More than a simple increase in supply, what the data reflects is a recomposition of the market towards more advanced stages of the real estate cycle.
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