Tulum real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend
- Transaction cost: 10.3%
Tulum is one of the 123 property markets Glopra tracks.
What a buyer pays in Tulum
Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 10.3% of the price here. That is close to the 10.2% median across the set.
What it earns
We do not publish a price or a rental yield for Tulum. The public data for this market is limited to index figures that show change over time but no absolute level, and we would rather show nothing than a number we cannot stand behind.
How the tax works. Flat 25% on the gross rent 'without any deduction' (LISR art. 158), withheld by the payer and final (art. 153), with no bracket or allowance, so the rate is independent of the rent level. The 35% net-basis option in art. 159 concerns timeshares, not ordinary letting, and the net election in the US–Mexico treaty is available only to US residents. Unfurnished residential letting is VAT-exempt (LIVA art. 20 II); furnished or short-term letting adds 16% VAT. Source: LISR. In Tulum's predominantly short-term (Airbnb) market the 16% VAT and the state lodging tax come on top of the 25%; the stored rate is for a long-term unfurnished let.
Who can buy in Tulum
Fideicomiso trust in the coastal and border strip; freehold elsewhere. That is the rule a foreign buyer meets first, not legal advice — check the current position locally before you commit.
Sources: TheLatinvestor · thelatinvestor.com · airbtics.com · airroi.com. Snapshot: 2026-09-28.
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