With with flu bugs and sensationalized press headlines about the drug war along the U.S. border, Mexico was in danger of slipping out of investment fashion.
But as we move out of the summer season and start looking at what’s new for this fall, it’s clear that Mexico investment is becoming the new vogue.
The beginning of August saw the press full of reports about big international companies making equally big investments in Mexico and others strengthening their business commitments.
Banks and financial service providers, such as Fitch and Morgan Stanley, have also given …

The prudent buyer will always locate and use an Exclusive Buyer’s Agent when searching for his/her retirement residence in Mexico; where caveat emptor, or buyer beware, is the rule to follow.

Those of us that have been fortunate enough to be invested in Mexico during the past decade have fared very well. Even though we’ve felt the impact of the financial downturn during the past couple of years, our Mexican stocks and Mexican properties have more than doubled in value while those in the US have lagged well behind.

The Mexican Government’s Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources confirmed, that they are evaluating two new real estate projects in the Riviera Maya, said local news service, Noticaribe.

In a report, the new agency said that public consultations would be held for Proyecto Punta Carey and Club Campestre y Golf Akumal.

Proyecto Punta Carey, is a 64.4 acre (26.05 hectare) resort development consisting of 30 apartments, over 100 hotel rooms, a club house and associated buildings and services in the middle of the Riviera Maya.

Club Campestre y Golf Akumal – or …

Many Americans and Canadians hesitate to purchase property in Mexico simply because they cannot get over their fear that they may, somehow, be taken advantage of by unscrupulous real estate agents and attorneys because they do not speak Spanish.  That is, in reality, probably not a significant problem anywhere in Mexico, since many Mexican attorneys speak fluent English, as do their staff members.  However, this innate fear of doing business in a foreign language is now on the way to being completely resolved, especially in states such as Tamaulipas and …

If you are interested in learning more about investing in Mexican real estate you should definitely take advantage of this free webinar hosted by Guidant Financial Group.

About the Webinar:

Join David Nilssen, founder of Guidant Financial Group Founder as he interviews Tom Kelly, author of Cashing In on a Second Home in Mexico, and Sarah Cox, a licensed real estate agent from Cancun, about investing in Mexico. Learn about: 

• The process for buying in Mexico
• Where significant growth is anticipated
• Condo hotels that are guaranteeing to pay rent for the first 7 years

If you …

In a survey released by KPMG this week, Mexico is the only Latin American economy that will increase its participation in the total amount of investment undertaken by multinational corporations in the region in the next five years. Increases are expected mostly in the services and manufacturing sectors.

The results were reported as part of KPMG’s Latin American Capital Flows Survey, which asked almost 140 executives from the most important multinational corporations in Latin America about their investment plans for the next twelve months as well as the next five years. …

Puerto Vallarta has grown from a quiet little fishing village to one of the fastest growing real estate markets in Mexico. Here are our top ten facts about this investment hotspot.

1. Sales of resort real estate in Puerto Vallarta has increased from $50 million in 2000 to $500 million in 2007 (NuWire).

2. Vallarta is home to 350,000 residents, with a community of 6500 expatriates (VisitPuertoVallarta.com).

3. PV is the number 2 resort town in Mexico with 2.2 million tourists annually (NuWire).

4. Vallarta’s continuously expanding international airport welcomes more than 450 flights …

Since its introduction in the early part of 2005, the cross-border Mexico mortgage market — mortgage financing for foreigners purchasing vacation and retirement homes in Mexico — has been compared by many realtors and developers to riding a roller coaster. But now, a greater number of those individuals are looking at the cross-border mortgage market to help strengthen the slower real estate market.
Mexico Real Estate Slowdown
The recent U.S. downturn, comprised of the U.S. housing bust, housing and corporate credit crunch, high gasoline prices, weakened U.S. dollar, and inflationary pressures, …

Mexico was able to bump Panama out of the first place spot in the 2007 Top International Retirement Destination rankings by International Living. The reasons they gave for the #1 ranking were first rate health care, beach front property for less than $100,000, low cost of goods and services, and availability of cell phone, cable, and high speed internet. Foreigners can also take part in Mexico’s senior citizen benefit program with a valid residence visa, according to International Living. The program offers discounts on everything from health services to airline …