This from Suzan Haskins:
You really need to be boots on the ground in Loja, as there is not an active English-speaking real estate market. Once you get there, look in the yellow pages under “bienes raices” and you’ll find the biggest companies and can go and visit with them.
In your Ecuador Insider rolodex, I believe you will find contact info for a real estate attorney in Loja. If you don’t speak Spanish, two places to start a Loja real estate search are with Loja attorney Marco Muñoz (e-mail: estudiojuridicomunoz@gmail.com) and with Vilcabamba real estate company, Huilco Real Estate, which has contacts in Loja (e-mail: bernie@huilcorealestate.com).
If you are a healer, you’ll want to check out Vilcabamba, 45 minutes from Loja.