Wellness has moved into the floor plan By Jana Mihalikova, Heron Real Estate Wellness real estate is housing designed, built and operated to support the physical, mental and social health of the people who live in it. The Global Wellness Institute valued the category at $876 billion in 2025, up from $151 billion in 2017, and forecasts $1.8 trillion by 2030. Few places test that idea as visibly as...
By Jana Mihalikova, Founder, Heron Real Estate. Updated September 2026. The Riviera Maya is generous to buyers who understand it, and quietly expensive for those who do not. The gap between the two is rarely the property. It is what the buyer knew before they signed. What follows covers the mistakes buyers make, how the fideicomiso works, the misconceptions about getting the best deal, and what a sound...
By Jana Mihalikova — Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate Government-branded economic districts are announced regularly across Mexico. Many stay conceptual for years. The Cancún Financial and Technology District has moved past the announcement stage: the land is secured, a master trust structure is in place, and a formal investor incentive package is published – the project is no...
By Jana Mihalikova — Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate Most of what's been written about Tulum real estate over the past year describes a market in trouble: too many units, too few buyers, prices under pressure. That picture was accurate for 2023 to 2025. The market has since gone through a real, measurable inventory correction, and a second, separate development — the government's...
By Jana Mihalikova — Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate On July 17, 2026, President Claudia Sheinbaum held her morning press conference — the "Mañanera del Pueblo" — from Tulum, and Secretary of Tourism Josefina Rodríguez Zamora used it to announce Plan Tulum Renace: a 10-point strategy aimed directly at a tourism slowdown that hotel owners, service providers, and ejido...
By Jana Mihalikova — Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate Mexico ranked as the world's tenth-largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2025, drawing $41 billion, according to UN Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2026, published on 7 July 2026. It is the first time Mexico has appeared in the global top 10 since 2021, after three consecutive years in...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Playa del Carmen Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide identifies the gated communities of Playa del Carmen — Playacar (Phase I and Phase II), Corasol, Selvamar, and El Cielo — with prices from about $190,000 for an entry condo to several million...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide distinguishes two gated worlds that share the Mayakoba name, north of Playa del Carmen: the Mayakoba resort, a 620-acre coastal enclave of branded residences (Rosewood, Fairmont, Banyan Tree) where full ownership...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate Puerto Cancún Real Estate: A Buyer's Guide to the Marina-Golf Community Puerto Cancún is the master-planned residential community that sits between the Cancún Hotel Zone and the city, gathered around a mega-yacht marina, an 18-hole Tom Weiskopf golf course, a beach club, and the...
The Heron Real Estate Riviera Maya Gated Communities Guide — by Jana Mihalikova, Founder & Managing Director, Heron Real Estate If you have spent any time researching Playa del Carmen real estate, you have come across Playacar — and likely a wall of Playacar homes for sale described, in turns, as "premier," "unrivaled," and "singular." That language tells you nothing about what it is like to...