By Ronan McMahon
Round Table
A recent report from global real estate consultancy Knight Frank shows that beachfront homes command a premium of 58.5%. The report also states that waterfront properties are amongst the most desirable, which is backed up by research from Zillow.
The helicopter took off from Panama City a few minutes ago, flying over the Panama Canal, then west to the Pacific coast. There’s a Path of Progress in action in this area. It’s much easier to see from the air—and I’m getting a real bird’s-eye view.
Today you have a last chance to lock down a luxury beach home on one of the most idyllic stretches of Caribbean coastline imaginable…at Akumal on Mexico’s Riviera Maya.
Over the holidays I told you about a “last bite of the cherry” we have on the Riviera Maya…
Akumal is stunning. I could happily spend hours here, sitting on the beach, in the shade of a palm tree, watching the waves roll in.
On Airbnb, a two-bed two-bath condo in Sirenis…similar to the one we can buy now from $154,900…is listed at $175 a night. That’s just the rental rate—it does not include Airbnb’s service charge, cleaning fee or tax:
The first time I wrote about a deal in the Sirenis community in February 2017, we crashed the developer’s phone lines. Our entire allocation of condos in this part of the Riviera Maya went in 87 minutes.
Tulum Beach is one of the most photogenic beaches I’ve come across with super-soft white sand fringed by the neon-blue Caribbean Sea. You’ve likely seen it even if you’ve never visited Tulum, splashed across the pages of travel magazines or as a backdrop to celebrity vacation shots on Instagram
