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Gentrification, Digital Nomads And Housing As A Human Right

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Across Mexico, where gentrification has pushed housing prices up by 247% from 2005 to 2021, locals are angry over their forced displacement and lack of housing rights. They recently protested against mass tourism and “digital nomads."
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Cd. of Mexico.- The so-called Third Anti-Gentrification Protest started this Saturday from the Hemicycle to Juárez, where groups of protesters concentrated from noon and there was a confrontation with police. The original call was to go to the U.S. Embassy, however, the non-conforming changed towards the Zócalo, around 14:48 hours. After the change of route, establishments in 5 May lowered their curtains, including restaurants that had diners. W…

According to Real Estate.com, La Juárez tops the list with an 115% increase in sales prices and 140% in rents over the last ten years

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Gentrification has become the main engine of real estate growth in the country’s big cities. According to an analysis by Real Estate.com, colonies in Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mérida have doubled their housing value in the last ten years, both in rent and for sale. In some cases, increases exceed 140%. In Mexico City, colonies such as Juárez, Santa María la Ribera, Rome, Condesa, Granada and Magnación Granada show historical increa…

Gentrification has become a phenomenon that in Mexico has transformed traditional colonies into areas of high surplus value. This process, together with the scarcity of new real estate projects for economic segments, has triggered the prices of sale and rent of housing in different cities. According to an analysis carried out by the platform Properties.com, in the last decade (2015-2025) many colonies of Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara and M…

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El Economista broke the news in on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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