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Weekly Report - 14 August 2025 (WR-25-32)
TRACKING TRENDS
MEXICO | House prices on the rise. Mexico’s federal mortgage corporation, Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal (SHF), which sits under the finance ministry (SHCP), announced on 11 August that the value of housing purchased through mortgage loans grew 8.7% year-on-year in the second quarter of the year. In the first half of the year, residential real estate prices have increased by 8.4%.
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