{"id":3180,"date":"2011-03-28T01:13:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T07:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/temp-blog\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2011-03-28T01:13:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T07:13:04","slug":"why-playa-del-carmen-real-estate-is-the-way-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/why-playa-del-carmen-real-estate-is-the-way-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Playa del Carmen real estate is the Way to Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, March 18, CNN Money reported that the housing market in the US is continuing to lag, and especially in Florida where 18% of housing units sit vacant.\u00c2\u00a0 What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more, in parts of the Florida gulf, that rate rises to 32% – almost 1 in 3 housing units remaining vacant.\u00c2\u00a0 And Monday, March 21, Reuters reports the National Association of Realtors findings that in February US housing hit a 9 year low, supporting the claims that the US housing has not yet hit bottom.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, Moody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s housing market analyst, Celia Chen, predicts that prices will continue to fall for the next two years and it will be as long as 2030 before there is a full recovery in the US housing market. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Reuters quotes Ingo Winzer, housing market analyst and founder of Local Market Monitor as saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If you’re buying in Florida for retirement, maybe you should buy next year when prices will be near the bottom. If you’re buying [Florida real estate] for investment — don’t.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"So where to buy real estate for investment AND for retirement?\u00c2\u00a0 Many US, Canadian and European residents are choosing in Mexico and in the Playa del Carmen real estate<\/a> region!\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, a great majority of current real estate sales here are to Americans, Canadians and Europeans.\u00c2\u00a0 Why?\u00c2\u00a0 Prices are low and ownership costs are pennies on the dollar compared to US properties.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Typical condominium fees run on average $150 to $300 a month, Homeowners Association Fees in some of the nicest areas are less than $200 a quarter, and property taxes run in the hundreds, not thousands of dollars as in the US.\u00c2\u00a0 Playa del Carmen real estate for sale<\/a> is moving.<\/p>\n

Playa del Carmen is a part of the Mayan Riviera on the Yucatan Peninsula, an area recognized for its natural beauty, and international flavor, and sits at the edge of the second largest barrier reef in the world, making it a diver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paradise.<\/p>\n

And there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more, as we found when we first visited Playa del Carmen two years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 The beaches are fantastic with sand that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t burn your feet and crystal clear tourquise water.\u00c2\u00a0 And even in the busy season, you can find plenty of space on the beach to stretch out your towel and enjoy the sun.\u00c2\u00a0 Temperatures here are warmer than Miami in the winter and cooler than Miami in the summer.\u00c2\u00a0 Golf courses abound, and at reasonable rates.\u00c2\u00a0 The people of Playa del Carmen are so friendly and helpful!\u00c2\u00a0 We, as well as our ex-pat friends, feel safer here than in the US.\u00c2\u00a0 Playa del Carmen also offers state of the art medical and dental care at a fraction of the cost in the US.\u00c2\u00a0 And our auto insurance premiums dropped from almost $6,000 a year in Miami to just under $300 a year when we moved here.<\/p>\n

So, next time you are thinking of a vacation, come visit us in Playa del Carmen.\u00c2\u00a0 You may find yourselves moving here, just as we did less than three months from our first visit.\u00c2\u00a0 As Bob said last night while enjoying cocktails on our terrace and watching the sun set, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I never dreamed we could afford to live in such a beautiful place only a couple of blocks from the Caribbean.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Who knows – Maybe you can, too!\u00c2\u00a0 Let us show you how.\u00c2\u00a0 Give us a call or send us an email.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re happy to share our new home town with you!<\/p>\n

Authors Trish Youngstrum & Bob Hyde <\/strong>bring over 50 years\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 combined sales experience in the United States, most recently in South Florida. Trish is one of the few Realtors in the US and Mexico to hold the professional designation of Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI) and is a Certified Transnational Property Specialist working with agents and buyers of resort properties from the Americas and Europe. Trish and Bob moved to beautiful Playa del Carmen in 2009 where they now work with TOP Mexico Real Estate. For more information <\/em>(512)-879-6546 THE<\/em><\/strong> www.TOPmexicorealestate.com<\/a> NETWORK<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday, March 18, CNN Money reported that the housing market in the US is continuing to lag, and especially in Florida where 18% of housing units sit vacant.\u00c2\u00a0 What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more, in parts of the Florida gulf, that rate rises to 32% – almost 1 in 3 housing units remaining vacant.\u00c2\u00a0 And Monday, March 21, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[271,135,682,313,692,494,21,70,290,291,292,759],"tags":[1526,225],"class_list":{"0":"post-3180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mexico-cost-of-living-living-in-mexico","7":"category-living-in-mexico","8":"category-mexico-cost-of-living-mexico-retirement","9":"category-mexico-golf-communities-mexico-communities-2","10":"category-mexico-golf-courses","11":"category-mexico-hospitals","12":"category-mexico-retirement-communities","13":"category-playa-del-carmen-real-estate","14":"category-playacar-real-estate-mexico-cities","15":"category-puerto-aventuras-real-estate-mexico-cities","16":"category-riviera-maya-real-estate","17":"category-trish_bob","18":"tag-playa-del-carmen-real-estate","19":"tag-playa-del-carmen-real-estate-for-sale","20":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3186,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions\/3186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}