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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.

COVERAGE BUILDINGEJIDO: LOW
Score AI estimate
55
Risk AI estimate
Coverage building
Trend
—
Predial (Property Tax) Official
1.9‰
per year, built home · Solidaridad law, Art. 14
Acquisition Tax Official
4%
once, at closing · Art. 23 Quinquies
Safety Trend AI estimate
rising
Avg STR Yield (est.) AI estimate
8.8%
Verified Participants Measured
77
55
Healthy
Zone Score · City Level
AI estimate
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
Prices — Current Apartment Listings
Median price
$3,482/m²
Middle half of listings
$2,194 – $4,629/m²
Independent check: TuLugar
$3,345/m² · ours +4%
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—
Playa del Carmen Centro$4,087$2,964 – $4,64915—
Zazil-Ha$3,942$3,374 – $4,85042$4,008 (ours −2%)
Calica$3,869$3,523 – $4,1538—
Puerto Aventuras$3,726$2,897 – $3,9348—
Gonzalo Guerrero$3,558$2,385 – $4,73080$3,852 (ours −8%)
Centro Playa$3,556$3,016 – $4,39883$3,567 (ours the same)
Colosio$3,518$2,884 – $4,16827$3,052 (ours +15%)
Playa del Carmen$3,353$2,441 – $4,17029—
Postal code 77717$3,045$2,143 – $3,55517—
Ciudad Mayakoba$2,599$2,113 – $3,56550—
Playacar Phase II$2,551$1,761 – $2,96222$3,118 (ours −18%)
Postal code 77712$2,132$1,857 – $3,41930—
Ejidal$1,710$1,514 – $2,23923—
Selvanova Residencial$1,526$1,447 – $1,81511—
Ejidal$1,501$1,374 – $1,76510—
1040 apartment listings collected up to 2026-10-25 from EasyBroker, Inmuebles24, propiedades.com, realtor.com. Neighbourhoods with fewer than 8 listings are not shown. TuLugar figures are its apartment 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 the listing prices above.
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 price medians above.
NeighbourhoodProjectsEntry fromMedian entryNew-build $/m² vs resale
Zazil Ha · 2 beachfront27$96,805$155,489$3,708 vs $3,942 (−6%)
Centro23$117,785$180,946$4,052 vs $3,556 (+14%)
Gonzalo Guerrero · 1 beachfront21$149,832$200,823$4,935 vs $3,558 (+39%)
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 $/m² is the median entry price per m² of projects listing a single unit type with its size, shown where at least 8 have one, beside the resale price median for the same neighbourhood.
Price Record — Apartments
MonthArea$/m²ListingsSource
Oct 2026Zone-wide$3,208179propiedades.com listings
Oct 2026Zone-wide$3,134309EasyBroker listings
Oct 2026Zone-wide$2,960149Inmuebles24 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
Prices per m². Listing figures are medians of each collection. Sources differ in coverage, so compare months within the same source.
STR Yield — Consensus Estimate
2br6.3% yield$117.2/night
1br11.2% yield$135/night
Riviera Audit consensus estimate, modelled from zone prices and the market data we track; not measured from booking records. Check against actual rental records before relying on it. Month: Sep 2026.
Reported Events
Found by AI search of press and government sites; check the source before relying on an item.
Playa recovery program covering Playa del Carmen, Cancún, Puerto Morelos and Cozumel — MIA approved
Environmental permit (MIA)
Sep 3, 2026
Áreas de Esparcimiento y Servicios de Xcaret — MIA approved
Environmental permit (MIA)
Aug 19, 2026
Explotación de roca caliza en predio Chem-Hum — MIA denied
Environmental permit (MIA)
Aug 11, 2026
Lote 008, Mza 001, Región 003 (clave catastral 801003000001008) — Cambio de Aprovechamiento de Uso de Suelo (land-use change)
Municipal permit filing
Aug 9, 2026
ZONNA — MIA under review
Environmental permit (MIA)
Aug 9, 2026
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