{
  "id": 12935082,
  "title": "Why do so many rental ads not have a phone number? 57.5% do not include one.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/por-que-tantos-avisos-de-arriendo-no-tienen-telefono-el-57-5-no-trae",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T19:24:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/aptologia/por-que-tantos-avisos-de-arriendo-no-tienen-telefono-el-575-no-trae-a-quien-llamar-o2d"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "A study by Aptología found that over half of rental apartment listings in eight Colombian cities do not display a contact phone number. Out of 203,472 listings in Barranquilla, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Chía, Medellín, Rionegro, and Soacha, 116,992 (57.5%) did not show a phone number, while 86,480 did. The proportion of listings without a phone number varied by city, ranging from 50.8% in Medellín to 68.4% in Soacha. The study also found that some real estate portals, such as Fincaraíz and MercadoLibre, never publish phone numbers, while others like Ciencuadras and Metrocuadrado display phone numbers in almost all listings.",
  "summary": "Buscar apartamento termina casi siempre en una llamada, pero la mayoría de los avisos no la permite. En 8 ciudades de Colombia, el 57,5% de los apartamentos en arriendo publicados no muestra un teléfono de contacto, y la respuesta cambia por completo según el portal. Por Daniel Mauricio Pinzón Pineda, Aptología Ver un apartamento interesante y no tener a quién llamar obliga a dejar datos en un…",
  "key_points": [
    "57.5% of rental listings in eight Colombian cities lack phone numbers.",
    "Medellín has the highest percentage of listings with contact information at 50.8%.",
    "Fincaraíz, Rentola, and Punto Propiedad do not publish any phone numbers."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}