Buying Puerto Vallarta Real Estate: The North Bay By Blair Stephens
Bandaras Bay and the north side of Puerto Vallarta offer incredible Mexico real estate options in a number of neighborhoods. Because this area is closer to downtown Puerto Vallarta, you’ll find a higher number of available properties, both simple and luxurious. You’ll be able to find single family houses, condominiums, town homes and top of the line luxury residences. This article focuses on the area south of Punta de Mita and north of the Hotel Zone.
Just south of the luxurious Punta de Mita, you’ll find La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, another classic example of the laid back culture of Mexico. Its downtown area features small local shops and eateries and simple, comfortable hotels and bed and breakfasts and this is the hotspot for live music. “La Cruz” is about to get a world class marina with slips to accommodate up to 400 boats among other developments including condominiums, restaurants and other tourist attractions. You may yet find a bargain around these parts in an older home, but the newer condominiums will be luxurious and pricey. For now you can find homes, lots and condominiums for as low as $65,000 – which is a bargain in the Puerto Vallarta real estate market and up to $4.5 million for an incredible 8 bedroom manse.
Traveling further into the bay you’ll find Bucerias, the closest large town to Puerto Vallarta and only 12 miles north of the airport. Bucieras has the longest bay beachfront area at over five miles and also houses several excellent small restaurants and a thriving main square. It’s known as an excellent community for scuba divers. The long, shallow beach front draws many local families for swimming, sun bathing and shell seeking. This is a very popular location for expatriates from the U.S. and Canada since the prices are more reasonable than downtown Puerto Vallarta and the mood is less “city” like. Houses can be purchased for as little as $65,000 and as much as $2.5 million. Bucieras, like La Cruz de Huanacaxtle is an excellent location in which to invest because it is both up and coming and in close enough proximity to Puerto Vallarta to be constantly rising in value.
Nuevo Vallarta’s
which is also often associated with the Flamingos Club Residencial is becoming known as one of the fastest growing areas in all of Mexico. New Vallarta houses a number of hotels and many of its resorts and planned communities are drawing large numbers of occupants. Many people think that Nuevo Vallarta neighborhoods have the look of south Florida with large luxury hotels, condominium complexes and gorgeous lush planned communities. The area is dotted with golf courses, lakes and canals and is both quiet and private despite its level of development. Along the long beach are a number of excellent restaurants, a marina and yacht club, a shopping mall, a water park and a number of cyber cafes and other modern amenities. In the lower price range, Puerto Vallarta real estate shoppers will find primarily condominiums from which to choose, while if you have more significant capital to invest you’ll find a nice variety of homes within planned communities. Prices range from around $80,000 to upwards of $8 million for development lots. This are has a high number of time share opportunities as well.
Marina Vallarta is a planned residential and resort development on a massive 544 acres of land. The development was created around Mexico's largest marina and an incredible 18 hole golf course. The development is less than 20 years old so it has an excellent infrastructure and it caters to tourists and residents alike with plenty of amenities, homes, condos and hotels. It has a lovely beach and boardwalk and you can charter boats for pleasure of fishing easily at the marina. Spas and restaurants abound as this neighborhood is only 1 mile south of the airport and is convenient to everyone. The other excellent benefit of this Puerto Vallarta neighborhood is that there are properties of all kinds available from small bungalows for as little as $60,000 up to larger homes in the $1.5 million range and up.
The north side of Banderas Bay is full of charming neighborhoods and a variety of wonderful homes, condos and even build-able lots from which to choose. If you are looking to invest in Puerto Vallarta real estate, you should certainly explore these towns and neighborhoods to see which will suit your needs!
Blair Stephens is a real estate copywriter and member of the Executive Real Estate team. Executive Real Estate are the Mexican and Puerto Vallarta Real Estate experts here to help expatriots and locals alike to get the best real estate deals possible.
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