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Home buying heats up south of the border

The cold U.S. housing and mortgage markets have lenders looking for warmer possibilities, and a few are sending more efforts to finance Americans looking to purchase primary residences and second homes south of the border. New York-based Lehman Brothers Read More...

CPP fund manager looking to Mexico, India

The Canada Pension Plan fund manager expects to focus its investments on global markets over the coming years as it seeks to shelter itself from cyclical downturns at home and meet its 2020 benchmark value of $320-billion. CCNMATTHEWS David Denison, president Read More...

The Mexico Real Estate Market

There has been much talk about the Mexico real estate market and what it will bring in 2008. When talking about this real estate market, it seems that the US property market is closely associated. On the surface, this may look like a fairly gloomy outlook Read More...

Living in Mexico could be an affordable retirement option

Although this article focuses on Puerto Vallarta, it speaks strongly to other areas of Mexico, including Northern Baja which is our home and what is generally taking place in Mexico. As retirees we could see the writing on the wall and knew we had to Read More...

Investment in Mexico

Investors and developers are increasingly looking to Mexico as a land of opportunity. While Mexico’s economy is closely tied to that of the United States and is expected to be impacted in some measure by the current slowdown, the financial crisis Read More...

The True Price of Adventure in Paradise

● An open look at the cost-of-living in Mexico Would-be expatriates look for home destinations that appeal to their individual definition of adventure and paradise. For the first time, International Living reported Mexico as the world’s top retirement Read More...

Spinning Fear; Unbalanced Reporting of Crime in Baja Impacts Popular Cycling Event

SAN DIEGO, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The 29th Anniversary Rosarito Ensenada 50 Mile Fun Bicycle Ride will take place on April 19. And while a fearful few are still avoiding Baja due to negative media reports on safety, security surrounding the event is Read More...

Baja California fishing port of San Felipe hooks visitors

San Felipe , Mexico -- Rodrigo Ortega Montes was barefoot and beaming, a hammer in one hand, a bucket of clams and sea snails in the other. "Very rich," he said in Spanish, meaning the snails. We were alone on the beach. When I introduced myself, Read More...

Mexico's Economic Growth Unexpectedly Accelerates

Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's economic growth unexpectedly accelerated in the fourth quarter, led by the transportation and communications industries. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of a country's output of goods and services, Read More...

Fifth Mexican Housing Day

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- At the invitation of JP Morgan, representatives from Mexico's real estate industry, both public and private, will participate in the Fifth Mexican Housing Day to convey to investors their confidence that Mexico's Read More...

Mexico pushes six-fold tourism investment boost by 2012

08.02.08 03:48 ( dpa ) - Mexico will seek a six-fold increase in tourism investments by 2012, to reach 20 billion dollars, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Thursday. In a meeting with the business community to promote investment in infrastructure Read More...

Why Investing Outside the U.S. Makes Sense Now

For many years the U.S. real estate market has been a consistent performer. A stable government, economic growth and investor-friendly laws have led to dramatic increases in real estate values. Will values continue to rise as sharply in the future? Only Read More...