In December 2023, the monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the city center of Mexico City amounted to ****** U.S. dollars, whereas a three-bedroom apartment averaged ******* U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, Mexico City is the most expensive place to buy residential property in Mexico.

Depending on the location, the average price for a two-bedroom apartment in Mexico City could exceed ******* U.S. dollars in 2024. In Miguel Hidalgo, the most expensive borough to buy an apartment in Mexico City, the average apartment price was nearly ******* U.S. dollars for a two-bedroom apartment, while a three-bedroom apartment cost over ******* U.S. dollars. Among the boroughs ranked in the statistic, Coyoacán had the most affordable prices for a one-bedroom apartment, averaging ******* U.S. dollars. Overall, Mexico City has the highest average house price per square meter in Mexico.

The average monthly rent for a square meter of office real estate was highest in Lomas Palmas among other submarkets in Mexico City in the first quarter of 2023. The asking rent was ** U.S. dollars per square meter per month for real estate in Lomas Palmas compared to ***** U.S. dollars in Norte which had the highest net absorption, but also the highest vacancy rate in Mexico City.

Greater Mexico City, Tijuana, and Guadalajara had the highest annual rent per square foot of industrial real estate among select cities in Mexico in 2024. In the second half of the year, the annual rent for a square foot of industrial space in Monterrey, the second-largest market in the country, stood at **** U.S. dollars per square foot.

Super regional malls in Mexico City had the highest rental rate in Mexico in the fourth quarter of 2022. A square meter in a super regional mall cost on average *** Mexican pesos in that quarter, *** Mexican pesos higher than the average for the area. In Monterrey, regional malls were the retail real estate type where renting retail space was most expensive.

Montevideo, Uruguay's capital, leads Latin American cities with the highest apartment sale prices in 2024, averaging 3,454 U.S. dollars per square meter. This figure surpasses other major metropolitan areas like Mexico City and Buenos Aires, highlighting significant disparities in real estate markets across the region. The data underscores the varying economic conditions and housing demand in different Latin American urban centers. Regional housing market trends While Montevideo tops the list for apartment prices, other countries in Latin America have experienced notable changes in their housing markets. Chile, for instance, saw the most substantial increase in house prices since 2010, with its nominal house price index surpassing 342 points in early 2024. However, when adjusted for inflation, Mexico showed the highest inflation-adjusted percentage increase in house prices, growing by nearly five percent in the first quarter of 2024, contrasting with a global decline of one percent. Home financing in Mexico The methods of home financing vary across Latin America. A breakdown of homeownership by financing method in Mexico reveals that about two-thirds of owner-occupied housing units were financed through personal resources in 2022. Nevertheless, government-backed loans such as Infonavit (Mexico’s National Housing Fund Institute), Fovissste (Housing Fund of the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers), and Fonhapo (National Fund for Popular Housing), play an important role for homebuyers, with just over 20 percent of home purchases relying on such finance. Bank credit, which offers mortgage loans with interest rates ranging between nine and 12 percent, appeared as a less popular option.