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Riviera Maya · Quintana Roo

Riviera Audit/Zones/Playa del Carmen
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Playa del Carmen

The commercial and lifestyle hub of the Riviera Maya corridor. High transaction volume, mature brokerage ecosystem, significant foreign buyer penetration across all price tiers.

LOW RISKEJIDO: LOWSARGASSUM: UNKNOWN
Score
78
Risk
low
Trend
—
Predial (Property Tax)
0.19%
Safety Trend
rising
Avg STR Yield (est.)
8.8%
Verified Participants
77
78
Intelligence Score
Playa del Carmen — Zone Map
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Development Score
ApprovedPendingLapsed
Proyecto Venado / Punta Venado
construction
Project Venado
construction
Playacar Phase 3
construction — 220 units
Aura by AWA
construction
Aura Playacar Residences
construction
Land Tenure — Agrarian Registry (RAN)
Municipio-level data from the Registro Agrario Nacional's open-data catalogue — precision is per-municipio, not per-zone, so neighboring zones sharing a municipio (e.g. Akumal within Tulum municipio) show the same figures.
Ejidos in SOLIDARIDAD
4
Ejido Surface
32,859 ha
4 Certified Nuclei in this Municipio
LAZARO CARDENASejido
PLAYA DEL CARMENejido
SAN SILVERIOejido
YALCHENejido
Asking Prices — Current Apartment Listings
Median asking price
$3,705/m²
Middle half of listings
$2,342 – $5,141/m²
Independent check: TuLugar
$3,345/m² · ours +11%
NeighbourhoodMedian $/m²Middle halfListingsTuLugar
Postal code 77720$4,784$3,764 – $6,671111—
Postal code 77728$4,372$3,530 – $5,19625—
Postal code 77710$4,361$3,120 – $5,600137—
Corasol$4,165$3,332 – $5,30114—
Zazil-Ha$3,885$3,301 – $4,85429$4,008 (ours −3%)
Puerto Aventuras$3,726$2,897 – $3,9348—
Centro Playa$3,610$2,612 – $4,54950$3,567 (ours +1%)
Gonzalo Guerrero$3,416$2,310 – $4,72562$3,852 (ours −11%)
Colosio$3,407$2,383 – $3,61311$3,052 (ours +12%)
Postal code 77717$3,045$2,143 – $3,55517—
Playacar Phase II$2,430$1,712 – $2,79520$3,118 (ours −22%)
Ciudad Mayakoba$2,312$2,188 – $2,5119—
Postal code 77712$2,132$1,857 – $3,41930—
Ejidal$1,671$1,571 – $2,20617—
Asking prices, not closing prices. 685 apartment listings collected up to 2026-10-06 from EasyBroker, realtor.com. Neighbourhoods with fewer than 8 listings are not shown. TuLugar figures are its apartment asking-price medians as reported by The LatInvestor (October 2026); it samples a different set of listings, so some gap is expected.
Official Price Trend — SHF House-Price Index
Solidaridad municipio, Q2 2026
+9.96% year on year
Previous quarter (Q1 2026)
+13.55%
Mexico overall
+7.31%
Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal index of homes appraised for mortgages (new and resale, all price segments), as reported by IIEG. It tracks the direction of local home prices, not the foreign-buyer condo market or asking prices.
New Developments — Presale Entry Prices
135 projects listed by developers and agencies. Prices are each project's “starting at” price for its cheapest unit, so they are not comparable with the asking-price medians above.
NeighbourhoodProjectsEntry fromMedian entryNew-build $/m² vs resale
Zazil Ha · 2 beachfront27$96,805$155,489$3,708 vs $3,885 (−5%)
Centro23$117,785$180,946$4,052 vs $3,610 (+12%)
Gonzalo Guerrero · 1 beachfront21$149,832$200,823$4,935 vs $3,416 (+44%)
Ejidal13$72,795$132,843—
Colosio10$143,907$163,837—
Playacar Fase II7$151,959$594,470—
Corasol · 4 beachfront7$173,306$502,000—
El Cielo5$181,994$248,432—
Puerto Aventuras · 3 beachfront4$526,038$929,900—
Xcalacoco2$279,577$490,239—
Ciudad Mayakoba2$580,965$935,419—
Other neighbourhoods · 4 beachfront14$107,934$163,374—
Developer and agency listings collected 2026-10-05. New-build $/m² is the median entry price per m² of projects listing a single unit type with its size, shown where at least 8 have one, beside the resale asking-price median for the same neighbourhood.
Price Record — Apartments
MonthArea$/m²ListingsSource
Oct 2026Zone-wide$3,154282EasyBroker listings
Sep 2026Zone-wide$4,281403realtor.com listings
Aug 2026Zone-wide$3,5158Entered by hand
Aug 2026Centro Playa$4,04511Entered by hand
Aug 2026Ejidal$2,223—Entered by hand
Aug 2026El Cielo$2,632—Entered by hand
Aug 2026Mision del Carmen$1,462—Entered by hand
Aug 2026Playacar Phase I$5,881160Entered by hand
Asking prices per m². Listing figures are medians of each collection. Sources differ in coverage, so compare months within the same source.
STR Yield Data — Estimates
2br6.3% yield$117.2/night
1br11.2% yield$135/night
Estimates gathered by AI web search, not measured from booking data. Treat as a rough guide and check against actual rental records before relying on them. Month: Sep 2026.
Active Intelligence Alerts
Federal authorities re-secure Legacy by AWA project in Playacar
compliance
Sep 13
Semarnat rejects beachfront project at The Reef Coco Beach
legal
Sep 12
Legacy development permits revoked after wildlife impact findings
legal
Sep 11
Hotel Riu Palace México reopens as adults-only resort
ops
Sep 7
Playa recovery program covering Playa del Carmen, Cancún, Puerto Morelos and Cozumel — MIA approved
environmental
Sep 3
Áreas de Esparcimiento y Servicios de Xcaret — MIA approved
environmental
Aug 19
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