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Mercala articles15 articles · last published 8 November 2026
Reading the Dutch Caribbean property market
Market analysis and guides for Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire and Sint Maarten, drawn from Mercala’s continuously observed listing dataset.
Monthly
Market briefs
Monthly market analysis for the Dutch Caribbean, island by island.
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- Up the LadderAruba listed nearly a tenth fewer houses in the first ten months of 2026, at a median ask 13% higher. The cheaper end shrank by two-fifths, the top end grew, and October brought a wave of new houses at Palm Beach and Malmok.
- The Houses Came BackNew listings recovered in the third quarter, the first quarter of 2026 to beat last year. Almost none of them are cheap: two of September's 37 new houses asked under $400,000, against twelve of 40 a year earlier.
- Fifteen Houses at OnceAugust's numbers describe a boom. One development built it — and the year underneath is still shrinking
What changed
Features
What is new and what changed on the Mercala dashboard.
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- Choose How Mercala Tells YouYou now decide, for each kind of notification, whether it arrives by email, as a card in Notifications, both, or not at all. Where to find it, what each choice means, and what we still always send.
- Your Settings, RedesignedYour account settings are now three clear tabs, in the same quiet look as the filter panel and our articles. Fewer switches, and every one that is left does something. Plus a new plans page.
- Notifications Now Live in the Side PanelNotifications now open in the side panel, where the filters are, from the N block on its edge. Same look, and you can read and clear them without touching the mouse. A short tour, with a few tips.
How-to
Tutorials
Step-by-step guides to the Mercala dashboard — saving searches, setting up alerts, building collections and getting the most out of every listing.
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- Get Mercala VerifiedWhat the badge tells buyers, and the documents that earn it: two, and a third when there is a building.
- List Your Property on MercalaOne form, six short sections, then your listing is ready to publish. What each part asks, and how to keep a live listing honest.
- Found the One? Share It, Save It, Build a CollectionShare a listing in two clicks, save it, file it into client collections, hide the noise — and let saved searches email you when new matches appear.