A strong blow to private investment is coming to Mexico City. It goes directly against those who have real estate for rent. The capital government sent a bill to regulate the rental of housing in the capital of Mexico. It provides that the rents of apartments or houses cannot exceed the annual amount of inflation. […]
Which is the safest state in Mexico, according to Inegi?
Aguascalientes is positioned as one of the safest states in Mexico, according to the National Survey of Urban Public Security of the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI), corresponding to the second quarter of 2024. The results reveal that a high percentage of residents feel safe living in this entity. The positive perception […]
Zacatecas, Los Cabos, Naucalpan… Which cities do people feel safe in and which do they feel unsafe in?
The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reported that in June 2024, 59.4% of the population aged 18 and over, residing in 90 cities of interest, considered it unsafe to live in their city. This result represents a significant change in relation to the percentages recorded in March 2024 (61%) and June 2023 (62.3%). […]
These are the cities with the highest perception of insecurity in Mexico
During the second quarter of 2024, almost six out of 10 inhabitants over 18 years of age considered it unsafe to live in their city The perception of insecurity among Mexicans fell to 59.4 percent in the second quarter of 2024, close to the lowest level in its history, despite a period marked by the […]
Inflation in Mexico soars; reaches annual rate of 5.61% in the first half of July
In the first half of July 2024, the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) registered a variation of 0.71% compared to the previous half; with this result, the annual general inflation in Mexico stood at 5.61%, the highest level since the second half of May 2023, according to information published by the National Institute of Statistics […]
CNBC: American couple moved from the US to Mexico and lives on $3000 a month: what they say is cheaper
When Jen Barnett and Brett Andrews began seriously thinking about leaving the United States, they had some parameters for their new home. The Birmingham, Alabama, couple wanted to live somewhere not too far from the beach, that had a strong middle class, where politics leaned toward progress and, perhaps most importantly, where people enjoyed a […]
Strong peso discourages new Americans from moving to Mexico
“Neither of us had ever been there before, but I read a blog post and thought it was great,” she says, “during those three days we found a beach house and talked to a real estate agent. We were shocked at how affordable it was, especially considering we were living in San Diego at the […]
“Right now, these prices are not enough”: this is how inflation is experienced in shops and restaurants in Mexico
Better buy cans Luis Gomez, 62, pays 1,500 pesos for a box with 20 kilos of chayote. He sells it for 100 pesos, making a profit of only 500 pesos in the three days it takes to sell it. “Right now we have a super peso and with these prices it is not enough for […]
AMLO boasts of gentrification in CDMX and recommends a restaurant with few foreigners: “Mexico is in fashion”
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador boasted that in recent years foreigners have shown a preference for vacationing and living in Mexico, mainly in the city, assuring that the country has always had “a very good reputation in the world,” so he believes that Mexicans should feel proud. In his morning press conference today, the president […]
Mexico has the worst salary in the OECD… and it continues to sink
Mexico has the worst salary among the countries that make up the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with an average that barely reaches 5.5 dollars per hour before taxes. The international organization indicated that this figure is similar to the income that Mexican workers obtained in 2015, which shows a stagnation of at […]