Spotlight Mexico wraps up a successful 2013
Janet Jensen & Cindy Stanford of SNELL REAL ESTATE ENGEL AND VOLKERS Luxury Home Sales, promoting Mexico at NAR San Francisco In 2013, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) announced a new program. It would be called Country spotlight. The first year was Spotlight Mexico 2013. (2014 is Australia and 2015 will be Canada)...
International investment in Mexico continues to rise in key industries
Tourism and Hospitality industries see growth Latin America is one of the world’s fastest growing vacation and leisure markets. After a very slow 2012, hotel and tourism developers are back to building with high expectations for 2014. Developers are adding new properties in Mexico and the Caribbean in record numbers, the number of hotel construction...
Excitement is Building in Los Cabos
Only a few days left until the biggest ever international real estate event in Mexico arrives. At the moment, 149 have registered for the Forum and 35 for the CIPS Institute, still time to register at http://www.icabo.com/viva-mexico/ High profile leaders are coming to Los Cabos. Four Senior executives will attend from NAR. These include the...
NAR Mid-year Meetings, Washington, D.C.
As usual the midyear meeting of the National Association of Realtors ® (NAR) had a truly international flavor. The Global Networking Reception presented an opportunity for REALTORS® from around the Globe to renew acquaintances with old friends and make new ones. Dr. Lawrence Yun NAR’s Chief Encomiast shared the podium with La Vaughn Henry from...
Retirement Trends in Mexico
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I was recently perusing some survey results which had been posted online (here and here.) The surveys are fairly outdated (2006) but I think they still shed some light on trends that we can see among U.S. retirees coming to Mexico. These are some of the interesting numbers I pulled out: Activities Top activities which...
Mexico in Real Estate Spotlight for 2013
International Real Estate Spotlight Shines on Mexico The National Association of Realtors® has announced a new program to Spotlight A level affiliated, premium countries. During the first year (2013) the Spotlight will be on Mexico. Australia will be in the Spotlight in 2014 and Canada in 2015. What does it mean? Below are just a...
International Real Estate Spotlight Shines on Mexico
The National Association of Realtors® has announced a new program to Spotlight A level affiliated, premium countries. During the first year (2013) the Spotlight will be on Mexico. Australia will be in the Spotlight in 2014 and Canada in 2015. What does it mean? Below are just a few of the features of the Spotlight...
AMPI’s 41st Annual Conference – a Huge Success
The Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI) recently held its annual, conference and trade show in Guadalajara and Tequila. Those attending called it a “HUGE” success. The word HUGE could refer to the number attending. Nearly 900 came to Jalisco for the event. There were educational events, social events, a trade show, the Annual...
Mexico Realtors get recognition at NAR conference in Orlando, Florida
This year the United States´ real estate association, National Association of Realtors (NAR) created a new award category; International REALTOR® Member of the Year. The award is designed to recognize and honor international members who embody REALTOR® spirit. Recipients of this award go above and beyond; they volunteer their time to the Association and help...
41st Annual AMPI Conference – preliminary report
While the 41st Annual Conference of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI), this year in Guadalajara, does not officially start until tomorrow, many preliminary events are already underway. This includes several education courses. Meetings of the National Advisory Board, the Presidents of Sections and the Regional Coordinators. Yesterday, Linda Neil and Mercy Duenas...
Mexico Resort Real Estate Update
Welcome to our Third Quarter Newsletter. As I write this, there are major political problems around the world and the global economy continues on a rather bumpy road. The International Monetary Fund is working on bailouts and in the United States; The Federal Reserve Board has announced action and will spend $ 40 Billion a...
Retiring in Mexico, big topic at San Miguel event
San Miguel de Allende was the location of two successful real estate events, recently. Day one was sponsored by AMAR (Retirement Community Association). Javier Govi made the key note speech to an audience of over 80. Among those attending were architects, investors, developers, some from the medical and related industries (I sat next to the...
