Blog entries

Living in Los Cabos: The Curb of Shame

Carol Billups — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:15:56 +0100

Now stay with me on this, it might seem a very narrow topic but there’s a message here that’s pretty universal. A neighbor emailed me asking why our homeowner’s association was painting the curb in front of some houses bright purple. Those are the &lRead More...

Mexico Real Estate Benefited By Infrastructure

Investment Properties Mexico — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:32:51 +0100

Mexico real estate will benefit this year from an investment of $240 million in infrastructure and urban improvement in tourist destinations. The money, announced last month, will come from Federal and State governments.

Alejandro Moreno Medina, Federal Subsecretary for Tourist Operations, said the Tourism Secretariat had a little over $66 million available to put together with funds from the State governments and, in same cases, Municipal governments too.

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Silver Advsiors - A note from Silver Planet Founder Florence Klein

SIlver Planet — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:34:23 +0100

Not too long ago, most people spent their entire lives in the same place, never leaving their county of birth. Families, from tots to grandfolks, lived near each other or beneath the same roof. When a family elder needed help with activities of daily living, a caregivRead More...

Jazzing it up in the Playa del Carmen real estate area

Thomas Lloyd — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:35:52 +0100

Since 2007 the Playa del Carmen real estate area has been host to an annual Jazz festival. As our office introduces many new non Mexicans interested in living in Playa del Carmen, or are interested in buying property in Playa del Carmen, one of the strong attractions to this growing international metropolitan is the international events and festivals. Playa del Carmen has a whole line up of year long activities.

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Cancun Real Estate Receives 1.3 Bn Gallons Of Sand

Investment Properties Mexico — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:24:37 +0100

Cancun's trademark white sand beaches are better than ever, having been replenished after storm damage in recent years.

They are now wider and softer than ever and Cancun real estate will benefit from the public works that were celebrated by Mexico's President, Felipe Calderon, last week.

Calderon was with the Governor of Quintana Roo, Felix Gonzalez Canto, and other Mexican officials at the official opening of Cancun's new beaches.

The special ceremony alsoRead More...

Yucatan Real Estate Hacienda Dreams

Thomas Lloyd — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:53:14 +0100

The Merida real estate market has many property types for choosing. But some with the highest demand are haciendas. Haciendas are large farms, or can also be plantations, or factories which are mainly found in Mexico, but also present in other Latin American countries such as Brazil and Argentina. Throughout the Mexico real estate market, some of the most famous Haciendas are in the states of Yucatan, Campeche and in the Yucatan peninsulaRead More...

PUERTO PENASCO, MEXICO ... HOST OF THE 2010 CIPS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM JUNE 14 - 18TH 2010

Raul O'Farrill — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:13:59 +0100

The Certified International Property Specialist Network (CIPS Network) is a
specialty group of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® that focuses
on international real estate. The CIPS Network currently has over
1,500, nearly 1,000 of whom have earned the CIPS deRead More...

Celebration Of Canada Day during winter in Manzanillo Mexico, Oh Canada!

Boomer Abroad — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:58:15 +0100

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Lake Chapala real estate area inviting for Bike Rider Enthusiasts

Thomas Lloyd — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The rainy season in the Lake Chapala Real Estate area have had a surprisingly pleasant benefit: pleasant bike rides through extraordinarily lush and green scenery. Bike rides are an activity which allows you to enjoy a closer contact with the setting around you. If you are an active buyer/investor in the real estate game, these rides help identify and appreciate closer the Mexico Homes and the growth of the Mexico land available in regions or growth patterns. Read More...

Cancun – Merida – Tulum Expressway Network will Benefit the Cancun Real Estate Area

Thomas Lloyd — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:12:38 +0100

The Cancun real estate area is the focal point of an ever stronger network of tourist destinations throughout the Yucatan Peninsula, and those living in Cancun always enjoy the benefit of easy travel to various nearby colonial cities, world-renowned pyramid sites, eco-parks, and other tourist destinations. There are little Mexico real estate markets that have as many tourist attractions in such a reduced area such as the Yucatan real estate area. Due to this unique sitRead More...

Launch of "Retiring Responsibly in Mexico" research series

Anne McEnany — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:36:30 +0100

The International Community Foundation is pleased to announce its “Retiring Responsibly in Mexico” research series with our first report “U.S. Retirements Trends in Mexico’s Coastal Communities: Lifestyle Trends and Demographics.” You can access the report here: http://www.icfdn.org/publications/retireeresearch/.

Forthcoming research studies will address trends in health care, volunteerism, philanthropy and civic engagement, real estRead More...

Playa del Carmen Real Estate History of Market Trends in Past 10 years

Thomas Lloyd — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:12:21 +0100

I had put up an article in a magazine about two months ago and thought it would be good to share with the readers of our TOP Mexico real estate blog. Here is the article below. The Riviera Maya and Playa del Carmen real estate market have had some of the world’s most interesting growth rates and fascinating examples of regional trends. Playa del Carmen homes and Playa del Carmen condos have had continuous increases in demand but thRead More...

Mexico Retirment Living; ACTIVE LIVING……ASSISTED LIVING

Thomas Lloyd — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:29:33 +0100

Is the Mexico Retirement industry a niche market that can help the Mexico real estate market come back?

With millions of baby boomers reaching retirement age every day, the market for a lovely place to live with the security and services required is growing exponentially.

Mexico retirement 2 For decades Costa Rica has stood out for its stability and has benefited from the most developed welfare system in the region.

It has no standing army, and its citizens enjoy one of the highest life expectancy levels in theWestern hemisphere and better living standards than their neighbors.

Traditionally dependent on coffee, banana and beef exports, Costa Rica has diversified its economy.

The opening of a large IntelRead More...

Moving to Peru

Stephen Doyle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:48 +0100

Am intrested in retiring to Lima,Peru. I am intrested in hearing from anyone already there that fcould tell me what living there is really like. Thanks

Update for Tulum real estate Owners In Sian Kaan

Thomas Lloyd — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:01:23 +0100

Mexico real estate is regulated by several government bodies one of which is the Agrarian Minsitry (Secretaria de la Reforma Agraria) who published an official notification in the Mexican Official Gazette whereby the Agrarian Ministry commenced the delimitation and measurement of approximately 450 thousand hectares of national territories located in the Tulum Real Estate zone within the Biosphere Reserve of Sian Ka’an, in the Municipality of Tulum and Felipe Carrillo Puerto, iRead More...

International Real Estate Expo in Toronto - March 13 & 14

Sue Coleman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:48:06 +0100

If anyone is going to be in the Toronto area and would like complimentary admission to the International Real Estate Expo at the Doubletree Hilton at 655 Dixon Road this weekend please contact me sue@suecolemanrealtor.com.

If you are attending the show please be sure to stop by and say hello!

Hope to see you there!

Investment in Guadalajara International Airport Benefits Lake Chapala Real Estate Area

Thomas Lloyd — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:21:16 +0100

North Americans with Mexico homes in Chapala, Ajijic and the rest of the Lake Chapala Real Estate area enjoy the convenience of being only a 40 minute drive away from the Guadalajara International Airport. The airport is the busiest of the 12 operated by the Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP), followed by Tijuana, Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos. For residents of Chapala, and for North Americans considering buying Lake Chapala Real Estate, this statistic means a lot of optiRead More...

Marina in Cozumel Mexico Moves Forward

Thomas Lloyd — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Cozumel is continually improving its infrastructure and offering more for Cozumel Real Estate. In the case of the Cozumel Marina project, Cozumel is working with Hotel Presidente to make sure that the project is completed quickly, to the benefit of both Cozumel real estate and tourism.

After a meeting in early August with Eduardo Muñiz Urquiza, regional delegate of the National Fund for Tourism Development (Fonatur), the Mayor of Cozumel, Juan Carlos Hernández Gonz&Read More...

International Real Estate Expo - Toronto, ON, Canada March 13 & 14

Sue Coleman — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:03:15 +0100

Here is a great opportunity to find out about some of the amazing International Real Estate opportunities that are out there waiting for savvy buyers ... all in one location. There will be developers there from N. America, Central America and the Caribbean.

I will be representing a number of fabulous developments at the show and would love to discuss them with you; if they aren't right for you I can point you in the direction of ones that may be!

I have some complimeRead More...