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Housing types
Single-storey houses, duplexes, vertical apartments, gated condominiums and heritage homes. Each category is described with construction traits and urban context.
Residential outlook · Mexico 2026
A simple way to explore information about housing and residential spaces.
Clear resources to learn about different types of properties and their features, written for curious readers and observers of the urban environment.
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States covered in our market readings
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Real-estate concepts explained in plain language
2026
Content reviewed and expanded this year
What you will find here
Practical information to better understand how the real-estate sector works.
We gather definitions, market examples and neighbourhood notes to accompany readers who want to learn about housing without jargon. Every text is written using Mexican public sources and field notes from urban and peri-urban areas.
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Reading a floor plan
How to interpret orientation, circulation and built and land square metres in a simple architectural plan.
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Neighbourhood context
What to observe on a walk: sidewalks, building heights, nearby retail and access to green areas.
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Visible materials
Visible differences between exposed concrete, red brick, hollow block and prefabricated systems in urban housing.
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The building cycle
Informal stages a construction goes through: shell work, finishing work, occupancy, maintenance and adaptation.
Content pillars
Accessible data on homes, locations and aspects of the residential environment.
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Neighbourhoods
From the historic centre of Puebla to Monterrey's industrial districts: a reading of urban fabric, density and everyday amenities.
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Productive properties
Industrial warehouses, logistic hubs, corner retail units and workshops. How to read their footprints, clear heights and access points.
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Words of the sector
An informative space to discover concepts related to properties and real estate, with examples applied to the Mexican context.
Reading paths
Organised content on properties, urban areas and different forms of housing.
Residential series
How a contemporary Mexican house is put together
Load-bearing walls, inner patios, open kitchens and habitable rooftops. A walk through elements that repeat in today's urban housing.
Urban series
Neighbourhoods that changed their skin in the last decade
Districts like Doctores, Obispado or Providencia narrated through their buildings, typologies and mixed uses that coexist today.
Productive series
Inside a regional industrial warehouse
How loading zones, administrative offices and technical areas are laid out inside productive property in corridors such as Bajío or the Northeast.
Heritage series
Restored townhouses: reading a facade in layers
Quarry stone, red brick, colonial ironwork and 20th-century additions: learning to tell the interventions apart within a single building.
Open glossary
Real-estate concepts presented clearly and easy to understand.
A selection of terms frequently seen in listings, notes and conversations about housing in Mexico.
01 — Property tax (predial)
An annual municipal contribution on property, calculated from the cadastral value assigned to the building.
02 — Condominium regime
A legal arrangement where several owners share common areas within a single development.
03 — Mixed use
Zoning that allows housing, retail and offices to combine in the same building or plot.
04 — Urban uplift
A change in the perceived value of an area due to improvements in infrastructure, transport or nearby services.
05 — Shell stage
A construction stage where structure and walls are finished, without final finishes or installations.
06 — Vertical housing
Multi-storey buildings with stacked residential units, common in dense urban areas.
Visual samples
Online resources on neighbourhoods, homes and different property categories.
Frequently asked questions
An accessible perspective to better understand the real-estate field.
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