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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 new friends from different backgrounds. You've heard the buzz. Millions of Americans and ...

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 Resort Home Lending (1-866-233-4799) will enter the market in a big way, offering U.S. ...

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 type of transaction.1.   Buyer and Seller agree to a purchase price and purchase ...

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 winter were about the only reason the town of 16,000 had a cash economy at all. Still, former ...

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 for Mexico ’s real estate market, but research deeper than this basic generalisation ...

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 make a move if we expected to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle.Condos going up rapidly in Puerto ...

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 in the U.S. has not yet had any significant repercussions on Mexico’s economic activity or ...

●   An open look at the cost-of-living in MexicoWould-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 haven because of its economy, real estate, and quality of life. That was great ...

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 with reputable developers who are financially sound. Yet in the sometimes shaky world of ...

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, Ortega told me how he had left Mazatlán, worked in California for a few ...