Veteran Sales Agent Alfred Melchiorre: Doing more with less

PVSR - Punta Vista Signature Residences - Punta de Mita luxury beachfront condominiums

Is it possible? Depends on who you ask and where they live. I’ll bet if you ask one of the 1.5 million Americans that live in Mexico that answer would be a resounding, YES! Has it been a dream of yours to walk to the beach everyday? Now a days in the Puerto Vallarta / [...]

New Rental – Punta Vista Signature Residences – Unit 302

Punta Vista Signature Residences - Unit 302

Punta Vista Signature Residences are boutique beachfront condominiums are known for luxuriously solid construction, generous finishes and arguably the best beach inside the protected Bay of Banderas. This oversized unit with large open terraces was designed to be a dramatic, modern and cozy 2 bedroom coastal indoor-outdoor living spaces. 2 bedrooms with king bed and [...]

Vallarta Real Estate MLS Statistics for November

John Youden Vallarta Lifestyles Mexmags Publishing Group MLV 1. In November the average condominium sold for just under US$150,000 while the average sales price for year-to-date was $250,000. Compared to last year, the average sales price for a condominium was $338,000; a substantial drop. This drop has had more to do with demand than actual [...]

Mexico’s Punta Mita Adapts to the Market

La Villa Encatada - El Encanto - Punta Mita Resort

Sarah Binder Unique Homes Two and one-half years ago, Unique Homes traveled to Mexico’s gated, master-planned Punta Mita development to tour the 1,500-acre project’s numerous real estate offerings including bay- and oceanfront lots, hillside villas, a variety of condominiums, townhomes, the existing Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course and Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, and the [...]

Riviera Nayarit forging own identity on Pacific coast

Riviera Nayarit - Pacific Mexico map

By: Laura Del Rosso Travel Weekly November 18, 2009 Development continues along the Riviera Nayarit, Mexico’s newest resort destination, although the economic recession and downturn in Mexico tourism have halted some construction and caused other plans to be shelved. A spate of openings in 2008 added four major hotels: the St. Regis Punta Mita, Villa [...]

Working out of this downturn – by John Youden of Vallarta Lifestyles

by John Youden Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group The traditional way would be to get together realtors and developers, hopefully the tourism board participating, and create a marketing plan involving public relations and advertising, perhaps attend a few conventions and have a booth and tell people how wonderful it all is done here. But I don’t [...]

New Video – San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Miguel and Alexis of La Punta Realty – Christie’s Great Esates visited San Miguel de Allende a few months ago to welcome Joanie Barcal of Allende Properties to the Christie’s Great Estates luxury real estate network. Our shooters had a blast with this photogenic town and only wished we had more time. Here is a [...]

A special offer from La Punta Realty: Price reduction on two great homesite lots within the IMANTA Resort at Punta de Mita.

Imanta Resorts, Punta de Mita

Spectacularly situated in the heart of mexico’s most majestic landscape, IMANTA Punta de Mita is a hidden gem. IMANTA‘s first resort is located in Punta de Mita, 30 minutes from Puerto Vallarta’s International Airport, on the Riviera Nayarit Mexicana, Mexico’s Gold Coast.   IMANTA Resorts Luxury Residences, Boutique Hotel/Spa, and signature Lots represent a unique [...]

Las Cuevitas – Intriguing and pristine private cove along Riviera Nayarit

Beachfront development land in Mexico has proven to be the smartest real estate investment in Mexico

  A developers dream, Las cuevitas sits in a privileged cove on the Nayarit Coast in the Pacific Ocean. Located about 80 minutes from Puerto Vallarta’s International Airport, 35 minutes from the exclusive area of Punta de Mita. and 20 minutes away from the lazy town of Sayulita. Las Cuevitas is one of the last intriguing [...]

News: Costa Careyes

La Guarida del Cordero is a massive cliffside estate from the imagination of Arq. Manolo Mestre

Amigos de Careyes, Many greetings from Careyes where  the weather is spectacular, as it normaly is all year but specialy  throughout May and June. There is a little humidity; the ocean is warmer and the breezes are steady. A few clouds tell of rains coming, hopefully before the end of June, and the dorados are back! Although we did [...]

New Punta Mita Golf Video – By Aviana Productions

  Another great video by Aviana Productions Although it’s tough to capture on film the complete beauty and challenge of playing Punta Mita’s two Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses, our new video does a spectacular job of it. Featuring both the original Pacífico and new Bahía courses, take a look at how golf is enjoyed [...]

Rancho Huracan – Secret Sayulita – Architect Jose de Yturbe’s artistic and dramatic Mexican jungle villa

Rancho Huracan - Punta de Mita - Sayulita - Mexico

Rancho Huracan is a boldly artful oceanfront villa estate and wondrous refuge designed to enchant the senses. The minimalist interior opens to the sea with five private bedrooms, six impeccable baths. Designed by the famous Mexican architectectural firm of Jose and Pepe de Yturbe, this residence boasts an imaginative and sophisticated flavor as evidenced in [...]

BUYING PROPERTY IN MEXICO`S RESTRICTED ZONE

By David W. Connell www.mexicolaw.com.mx The restricted zone, according to Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution, is all land located within 100 kilometers of any national border and within 50 kilometers of any ocean. Article 27 of the Constitution states that no foreigner will be allowed to acquire direct title to land within the restricted [...]

Real Estate Tax in Mexico

  Taxes are usually paid in cash and all people are obligated, as provided by law, to pay them to the Mexican government. The Constitution establishes the rights and obligations of all citizens and one of these obligations is precisely the payment of taxes.  Taxes are one of the principal ways by which the government [...]

Capital Gains Tax (ISR) on the Sale of Homes in Mexico

This is a subject that everyone wants to know about and everyone wants to find a way to legally avoid. In an effort to keep you up to date, the following is the “cliff note” version of what you need to understand. In 2007 the Mexican government modified the rules pertaining to the exemption of [...]

Want to buy in Mexico? Here’s what you need to know

  Buy smart, just as you would in Canada, former Vancouverite recommends Michael Sasges, Westcoast Homes Published: Saturday, November 08, 2008 In Mexico, the asking price of a new-construction home is one-quarter to one-third the asking price of a comparable Canadian home. But property ownership by foreigners is restricted. The weather is lovely, but . . [...]

Potential Solution for Real Estate Developers facing slowing sales

 Bruce Greenberg of Montaña Verde, a consulting and appraisal company that has been doing work in Mexico for many years, is currently teaming up with Deloitte Mexico (Deloitte as this time has not signd onto the program officially, but they are studying it), to offer a potential solution for real estate developers in Mexico during [...]

Mexico’s Mortgage Industry Flourishing Amid America’s Financial Collapse

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leading Mexico mortgage broker MEXLend closed a record number of mortgages for 2008, proving that despite the dire circumstances of the American financial market, Mexico’s mortgage industry is not only healthy, but thriving. “This has been an excellent year for purchasing property in Mexico,” says Terence L. Reilly, CEO of MEXLend. “The [...]

Pacific Mexican Renaissance – The coveted coastline of Mexico is now available for foreign investment

Luxury real estate and vacation rentals in Puerto Vallarta, Punta Mita, Costa Careyes, Riviera Nayarit and beyond

  Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – Fly South three-hours from Los Angeles, California to explore unspoiled, tropical, beachfront property. Along Mexico’s Pacific coastline sits the Bay of Banderas. It is the largest natural bay in Mexico. There are about 40 miles of coastline, which has almost 30 miles of beaches and is dotted with intimate coves [...]

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