Buying in Cuauhtémoc

House buyers in Cuauhtémoc concentrate their search in the colonias built up before the borough went vertical. Roma is the borough's house neighborhood, with standalone houses ranging from restored Art Nouveau casonas to smaller fixer-uppers, and Juárez and the Cuauhtémoc neighborhood hold a similar mix of older houses just off Reforma. A few blocks over, Condesa mixes houses in with its low-rise apartment buildings around the parks.

What to consider before buying

Santa María la Ribera rounds out the list with porfirian-era houses near the Kiosco Morisco, priced below the Roma-Condesa park district and worth a look for buyers weighing style against budget. Buyers wanting a larger lot, a newer subdivision or off-street parking instead of a restored casona often look west to Miguel Hidalgo borough, where the Lomas corridor is built around houses on bigger plots, at a higher price than anything inside Cuauhtémoc.