Caban Condos Mexico faces severe allegations of fraud, So far they got over 20 USD million and never delivered the condos they promised, with numerous reports indicating deceptive practices and financial misconduct, individuals have even struggled to obtain refunds for canceled bookings, exacerbating concerns about the company’s integrity. Many Canadians Americans and some Mexican citizens […]
An alleged network of deception and fraud surrounds the real estate development “Ciudad Maderas,” currently under construction on land in Sierra Papacal, a district of Mérida. Marketed as investment lots, this project lacks legal certainty due to ongoing agrarian litigation. The controversy began in 2010 with a fraudulent “phantom” sale of 2,868 hectares of ejido […]
Iván Cervera López, president of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI) in Merida, has highlighted a significant social housing deficit in Yucatan, despite the lack of official data to quantify it. Cervera López noted that the Chamber of the Construction Industry in the state has pointed out the neglect of the social housing […]
The Mérida Open complex at the entrance to the Yucatán Country Club is just a hint of the immensity that the place houses in its depths, because beyond the stadium that appears in the distance, a huge reserve hides a golf course, multiple tennis and paddle courts, as well as different sports academies that since […]
Mérida, known for its colonial architecture, gastronomy, and sense of security (1.8 crimes per 1,000 inhabitants), has become one of the most attractive places to live since the pandemic. The city transitioned from a tourist destination to a place where thousands found a space to work from home, driving a renewal process that continues to […]
Specialists from Latin America, national and local, gathered in Mérida, Yucatán to share their experience and discuss best practices and regional trends in land use planning and sustainable urban development during the forum “Challenges and Opportunities in Building Sustainable Cities and Communities,” organized by UN Habitat. Around 350 people interested in Land Use Planning, Urban […]
The lot in the San Sebastián neighborhood in Mérida had a narrow street access, just enough to accommodate a pedestrian and a vehicular entrance. The austere facade did not hint at what the architects from the Mexican firm Taller Estilo Arquitectura found as they moved further into the property: a courtyard with existing vegetation. The […]
The Expo Vivienda Canadevi 2024 was the stage for the launch of a sustainable social housing program by the government led by Joaquín Díaz Mena, through the Yucatán Housing Institute. According to Governor Díaz Mena’s speech at the inauguration ceremony at the Siglo XXI Convention Center, this is an integral development plan prioritizing the financing […]
Having a cenote at home sounds amazing due to the wonder they represent; however, these bodies of water require a lot of care. Recently, there have been proposals to buy houses in Yucatán that have the particularity of having a cenote on the property, raising their cost, as these natural water bodies are an important […]
In 2022, Tanya Frisk-Welburn and her husband bought what they hoped would be a dream home in Mexico. The seller was a company called Caban Condos whose website described it as “two guys from Saskatchewan” building condominiums near idyllic seaside locations in the Yucatan peninsula. Frisk-Welburn, who lives in Bengough, Sask., stumbled upon the company’s […]
