One hundred and forty two houses sit between one and five million dollars in Los Cabos. This is the widest, most competitive and most misunderstood part of the market.
It is also the band where I do most of my work, because it is the one where the decision is genuinely hard. Below a million the choice is mostly about numbers. Above five it is mostly about brand. Here, in the middle, everything is on the table at once: the community, the view, the golf, the drive to the airport, the rental rules and what the neighbours paid.
The inventory concentrates in a handful of places, and they are not interchangeable.
| Community | Where | Price range | What makes it different |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmilla | San Jose corridor, ocean and inland | US$ 1,290,000 to 2,325,000 | The most famous address in Los Cabos, and the whole community tops out under 2.4 million |
| Tortuga Bay | San Jose del Cabo, beach | US$ 1,030,000 to 2,450,000 | New inventory, two and three bedrooms, beachside San Jose |
| The Cliff at Cerritos | Pescadero and Cerritos, Pacific | US$ 1,045,000 to 3,495,000 | Pacific side, surf, an hour from the airport, real sunsets over water |
| Querencia | San Jose corridor | US$ 2,750,000 upward | Tom Fazio golf and the most private club in the corridor |
| Quivira | Pacific, Cabo San Lucas | US$ 1,000,000 upward | Cliffside Nicklaus golf and a gated peninsula |
| El Encanto and Laguna | Corridor | US$ 1,195,000 | Quieter, inland, larger lots |
Three to four bedrooms, two to three thousand square feet, a terrace you will actually live on, and a gated community with a pool and usually golf. What you do not get in this band, with very few exceptions, is a house with its feet in the sand. Beachfront in Los Cabos starts above five million and mostly sits inside a hotel.
That is not a downgrade, it is a different product. An ocean view house on the hillside is cooler in August, cheaper to insure, cheaper to maintain, and in my experience easier to resell than a beachfront villa at the same price in a weaker location.
Start with Palmilla. I say it because of a number, not because of the name. The entire Palmilla community, the address every buyer has heard of, currently tops out at 2,325,000 dollars for a finished residence. Ten houses, from 965,000 up. Blue Flag beach with the top A plus grade, the first Jack Nicklaus Signature course built in Latin America, and twenty minutes to the airport.
You can pay more than that in this band and end up somewhere with less history, a beach you cannot swim at and a longer drive. Look at Palmilla first so you have a real benchmark, then go compare.
And if sunsets over the water are non negotiable for you, do not shop the corridor at all. The corridor faces the Sea of Cortez, so the sun rises over the water there and sets behind the sierra. For sunsets you want the Pacific side: Quivira, Pedregal, Cerritos.
The rule, in one line. In this band the community decides your experience more than the house does. Pick the gate first, the floor plan second.
One hundred and forty two houses is not a list you should read alone. Tell me how many weeks a year you will actually be here and I will cut it to six.
LET US SCHEDULE A VISITWhere these numbers come from. Every count, price and days on market figure on this page was pulled in September 2026 from the official property database that the agencies of Los Cabos work from. That database covers the whole southern peninsula, so a small number of listings sit in La Paz, Todos Santos and further north. Prices are in US dollars unless stated otherwise.
The team owners in Los Cabos call first.
Tu Casa Cabo is a bilingual real estate brokerage working in Los Cabos since 2014, with owners across San José del Cabo, the Corridor and Cabo San Lucas. Most of the people who list with us are Americans and Canadians who bought a second or third home here and now want to know three things: what it is worth today, what the sale will actually cost them, and who is going to get it sold.
Yolanda Ramos and Alex Sepúlveda lead the team. Your property goes into the official database that every agent in Los Cabos works from, onto our own websites and our YouTube channel, and in front of the buyers we are already working with this season. The paperwork, the notary and the taxes are handled by people who do this every week, not once a year.
If you own something here, ask us what it is worth. No charge, no obligation, and the answer is yours to keep.
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