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·   Buyer Tips to Clarify Conventional Wisdom about Distressed Properties Buyers today have been regularly trained by the United States (US) media to be on the lookout for foreclosures as one of the staples of getting a great deal in the current real estate market. Yet buyers taking that conventional wisdom south of the border ...

If you think you can get away from the big box retail chains by moving to Mexico, think again. Walmart is the largest private employer in Mexico. Since expanding to Mexico in 1991, Walmart de Mexico has grown to sales of $18 billion by the end of 2007 according to MMR. No matter where you go in Mexico, you will likely see a Walmart Superstore, ...

by Tom Kerr MEXICO LIVING The cross-border real estate game is evolving quickly and dramatically. Brave or foolhardy souls who bought Mexican land in days gone by routinely assumed nerve-wracking and often catastrophic risks. But these days it may be more financially risky to procrastinate about buying property south of the border, because ...

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---Last Saturday’s Rosarito-Ensenada 50-Mile Fun Bike Ride had 1,100 more participants than the April edition, an increase from 4,900 to 6,000 riders.            Because of the increase, organizers are considering continuing the 28-year-old event, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., While international property investors continue their global diversification with a strong eye toward Asia, the US property market remains at the top of their confidence level according to the results of the 16th Annual AFIRE Foreign Investment Survey. The Annual Foreign Investment Survey tracks the buying preferences of the ...

  ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO --- The summer is definitely showing signs of increased tourism over the past twelve to fifteen months for this popular seaside vacation destination just 20 miles south of the border from San Diego.                “We have made a ...

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 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.CCNMATTHEWSDavid Denison, president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, says the board will focus on global ...

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 ...