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South of the Border: 12 Reasons to Retire in Mexico Donna Meyer - American Chronicle After a lifetime of nose-to-the-grindstone, which tends to limit one's view, retirement is a time to spread your wings, to learn new things, start a new hobby, make
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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
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The procedure for a real estate closing for foreigners in Mexico is different than the process north of the border. This checklist helps demystify the process of buying property and creating a bank trust in Mexico through a cash sale, still the most common
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BY DAVID DEVOSS FOR INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Fifteen years ago, San Felipe was an impoverished Mexican village at the northern end of the Sea of Cortez. Its fishing industry was moribund. Its farmland lay fallow. American snowbirds who arrived every
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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
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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
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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
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● 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
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The Mexican coastline from Baja California to Cancun is dotted with beautiful developments and spectacular development proposals that offer in-house financing to real estate buyers. This type of financing can be attractive for buyers when they are dealing
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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,
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ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---The new city administration here is continuing with major police department changes to improve security for its 140,000 residents and more than one million visitors a year. “Crime is not rampant in Rosarito
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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,
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New York: As the consequences of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown in the United States spread through global markets, will one of the most positive trends in Latin America – the expansion of local credit markets, which has dramatically expanded access
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Six major US banks are taking part in an initiative to help homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. Bank of America, Citigroup, Countrywide Financial, JP Morgan Chase, Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo are those taking part in "Project Lifeline".
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Well, it’s nice to see that our neighbors are prospering. Even though the U.S. housing market isn’t doing terrible, per se, the markets of Canada and Mexico are absolutely flourishing! According to The Real Estate Bloggers, Mexico is seeing
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