New housing markets and affordability gaps in Mexico City
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the evolution of new housing markets in Mexico City and its metropolitan area between 2000 and 2024 and how market segmentation in this sector reinforced affordability gaps. Affordability gaps are understood as the distance between household income capacity and actual home purchase prices. Residential segmentation was determined based on submarkets classified by size and price and their spatial distribution in the metropolis, while affordability was measured as the relationship between housing prices and family income. The results show the consolidation of a spatially segmented and differentiated supply of new housing, which generated price structures that acted as differentiated demand mechanisms. This spatial pattern reinforced inequalities in access in the metropolis, deepening the gap between those who managed to acquire higher-quality housing in urban environments with better living conditions and those who were displaced to the peripheries where, although prices were relatively lower, there were significant deficits in public facilities and services.
Source: Bitácora Urbano Territorial
Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Language: Spanish
Topic: Latin American Urban Studies
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7140045686