rising rents in Tijuana

Rising rents in Tijuana driven by cross-border workers earning dollars

Ian Hayden Parker

Real Estate, Tijuana

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Tijuana, Baja California - Tijuana’s housing market is under growing pressure as cross-border workers who earn in U.S. dollars drive up rental costs, squeezing local families and eroding affordability. The dynamic, explained by economist and academic Ismael Plascencia López of Cetys University, has pushed the city into the ranks of Mexico’s priciest housing markets—alongside Mexico City and Monterrey—and left many households spending a disproportionate share...

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