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    Offer accepted after 86 days: normal nerves or a sign we stretched too far?

    After 86 days of searching, our offer of MX$14,490,000 on a 3-bed condo in Mexico City has been accepted. Instead of celebrating, I’m replaying every compromise: the commute, the dated rooms and especially the monthly payment. Nothing new has gone wrong, and we still have the normal checks...
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    Mexico City: are 73-day listings stale, or is my sample mixing markets?

    The emerging answer seems to be that 73 days is a prompt for investigation, not a market verdict. Split the homes by precise area, commute, condition, financing suitability and shared-management exposure; then track cuts and withdrawals in a fixed cohort. That should reveal whether you have...
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    First-time buyer in Mexico City: how much cash buffer after closing?

    MX$270,000 is the cash I expect to have left after the deposit and estimated closing costs. The purchase would be a 2-bed serviced apartment in Mexico City priced at about MX$9,900,000, and the inspection could still identify routine work needed during the first year. I’m trying to decide what...
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    Wait for a Mexico City housing drop, or buy when the numbers already work?

    Getting this wrong could leave the buyer holding a building that remains unaffordable even if prices recover later. A long ownership period reduces the chance of being forced to sell at a bad moment, but it cannot correct weak operating income or rents that were too optimistic from the start...
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    Wait for a Mexico City housing drop, or buy when the numbers already work?

    What does “affordable” mean here? There is a large difference between qualifying for the purchase and being comfortable after a vacancy or major building expense. Also, are you comparing current listings with old asking prices, or with completed sales? Asking-price trends can create a misleading...
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