Buying in Los Alpes

Apartments dominate what's for sale in Los Alpes now that towers like Alpes Residencial have filled in along Avenida Revolución, alongside older mid-rise buildings from decades earlier. Either way, the location is the selling point: the west exit of Metro Barranca del Muerto (Line 7) opens onto Revolución inside the colonia, and the same avenue puts a Cinépolis, Chili's, and P.F. Chang's within walking distance at Portal San Ángel. Buyers working with a tighter budget should also compare apartments for sale in Guadalupe Inn, just across Revolución and priced below Los Alpes.

What to consider before buying

Prices here sit below apartments for sale in San José Insurgentes, across Barranca del Muerto in Benito Juárez, where the trade-off is a denser restaurant strip along Insurgentes Sur for a higher price. In an older building, ask about the elevator and any planned facade or plumbing work before closing: Los Alpes has enough decades-old mid-rises that maintenance history varies block to block.