Property for sale in Tulum, Quintana Roo

Foreigners can own property in Mexico. How depends on where the property is.

Under the Constitution (article 27, section I), foreigners cannot hold direct ownership of land within 100 km along the borders and 50 km on the beaches, the so-called restricted zone. For property inside that strip, the Ley de Inversión Extranjera (article 11) provides for a bank trust, the fideicomiso. It requires an SRE permit; the bank is the trustee (the SRE is Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs), so the foreign buyer can use and enjoy the property. The trust lasts up to 50 years, extendable at the interested party's request (article 13).

Tulum is on the coast, so the beach strip is the part of the rule that is relevant here. Whether a particular property lies inside it depends on its exact location. A notario público examines the title and authorizes the deed.

Most listings on Cielo Inmuebles are collected from a real-estate agency's own website. Each one names the agency that published it and links to the original listing. Cielo Inmuebles is a listings portal: we do not represent buyers or sellers, we are not a party to any transaction, we do not value property and we give no legal advice. Prices are the agencies' asking prices.

Closing costs and trust fees change every year, so this page does not print them.