The fishing village of San Felipe lies between the San Pedro Martir Mountains and the Sea of Cortez. This small town traditionally depended upon fishing for their livelihood. More recently, tourism has replaced fishing as the primary industry and more and more foreigners are buying beachfront property and vacation homes in San Felipe. The fish taco was invented in San Felipe and is now served all over the U.S. Playa Del Carmen provides an excellent central location to visit San Felipe.

The tourist season runs from October to May and many Snowbirds stay in Mexico for months at a time during the winter season. The average year-round temperature is 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The eco-system of San Felipe is unique with the desert running right into the sea. It is only 10 feet above sea level. Sometimes temperatures can reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade during the summer months. Winter temperatures can reach 40 degrees Fahrenheit at night, but both of these are extremes. Your Mexico Real Estate Agent can help you with climate expectations year round.

San Felipe offers many activities for the visitor and resident alike. Beachcombers revel in 23-foot tides that expose a half-mile of ocean floor. San Felipe experiences one of the largest tidal bores in the world due, in part, to the Colorado River delta. A local Mexico Realtor can give you more information on things to do in San Felipe.

The weather is gorgeous and just what one would expect in paradise – sunny skies, gentle evening breezes and warm ocean waters. The beautiful beaches are what attract many to San Felipe. Many retirees buy real estate in this area and live part-time in Mexico. The area is also popular with weekend vacationers from southern California and Arizona.

The population is approximately 25,000 but increases significantly on popular weekends and during the tourist season. There are many vacation and retirement homes available in San Felipe. A local professional Mexico real estate agent can provide a list of properties for sale or rent.

Baby Boomer retirees and young investors alike love San Felipe because it has 360 days of sunshine, the beautiful blue sea of Cortez, a peaceful fishing village with shopping, restaurants and nightlife, sea and desert sports, beaches you can camp or walk your dog on and friendly people who understand and respect the importance of tourism to their economy. A retired U.S. physician and his nurse practitioner wife founded a bicultural, bilingual hospital providing care to vacationers and residents from the U.S.

San Felipe offers everything you could ever dream of for your vacation, investment or retirement. Sandy pristine beaches, warm and calm waters, condos, villas, restaurants, hotels, bar, nightclubs, grocery stores, Baja Races, ATV, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Kayaking, a state of the art new Hospital, International Airport, Harbor, and Golf Course make San Felipe a paradise on earth and one of the best places to buy oceanfront Real Estate in Mexico.

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In an interview with TOPMexicoRealEstate.com, Jim Scherrer, expert in Puerto Vallarta Real Estate, points out that, while sales are low at the moment, there are a lot of Mexico Condos in the area being offered at significantly lowered prices, and that there is high level of interest from the international market, despite low sales at the moment.

In the pre-2008 market, the low price range for Mexico Condos in the area was $350,000 – $700,000.  Scherrer points out that these prices have been reduced to prices between $200,000 – $350,000.  There are also some new buying options being offered, such as fractional ownership, which according to Scherrer “could offer some interesting possibilities.”

Scherrer gives the example of one developer that had significantly lowered the prices of its luxury beachfront condo development, located in one of the prime areas of the city.  For example, a condo which was being sold for $835,000 at its original price is now being offered at $550,000, which even surpassed the 35% average reduction offered by this developer.

The price reductions come as a result of a large supply of condos available in the market – 7,000 new condos currently unsold, according to Scherrer, meaning that there is a large range of choices for buyers.

The price reductions and large number of options for buyers have not gone unnoticed.  Many international buyers have been searching on the internet.

“July was my most active month ever,” says Scherrer, “in terms of viewers on my website.”  He continues to point out that August was the second most active. Although the number of clients moving towards finalizing purchases is low, points out Scherrer, Puerto Vallarta Real Estate is catching peoples attention.  Now it remains to be seen how many buyers begin to act on this interest, and how long the super price reductions last.

No matter who you are, if you are going to buy a piece of Mexican real estate – no matter how small or how large the property in question may be – you will need to become familiar with the services that are offered by the local notary public before moving ahead in any fashion with a real estate transaction. The Mexican notary public will hold your hand right from the very beginning of the purchase, and a title search will only take him, at the most, a few days. If there is any potential problem with the title, you can be sure that the notary public will not want to ruin a good reputation (or lose a job) by trying to hide it, and he or she will let you know immediately.

If you become committed to buying a piece of quality Cancun Real Estate or Playa del Carmen Real Estate in Mexico in a reasonable time frame with reasonable expectations, the chances are very good that you will never have a problem throughout the buying process of any Real Estate in Mexico. The key point (and this really can’t be stressed enough) is that you have to be diligent while you are doing your research, and you also need be a little more cautious than you would if you were buying real estate in your native country. This is not because the people and professionals you will deal with in Mexico are villains; in fact you will find that the Mexican people are the farthest thing from villainous! Rather, the reason you need to be careful is that unless you are a native of Mexico that is coming back, or unless you are married to or related to a Mexican native, you will have to overcome the language, cultural and legal barriers that would be present no matter where you bought land, unless it is in your own country.

As you can see, Mexico Real Estate offers investment oportunities like Beachfront Condos, Rental Villas, Apartments etc. If you have any questions or advise regarding Mexican Property, Feel free to contact Tom Budniak of Mexico Realty Executives for the best deals in Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Maya and Playa del Carmen.

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Author  :   Tom Budniak