Municipality · Quintana Roo

Buying a home in Isla Mujeres: tax, fees, prices

Acquisition tax computed from the 2026 municipal law · recording fee of the state · SHF price index · Banco de México mortgage rates.

In short

On a MX$3 million home in Isla Mujeres (Quintana Roo), the acquisition tax is MX$120,000 (4% of the value) and the fee to record the deed MX$7,625, under its 2026 law. Appraisal values in Quintana Roo changed by +9.8% over a year (SHF index, second quarter of 2026). The average fixed-rate mortgage offer was 11.31% in August 2026 (Banco de México).

Calculate for Isla Mujeres

If you buy

Acquisition tax, recording fee and loan in Isla Mujeres

Rates of Ley de Hacienda del Municipio de Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, art. 24-25 (rate reformed POE 3 July 2025). Change any field: the amounts are recalculated instantly.

Value taxedMX$3,000,000
Acquisition taxMX$120,000
Recording fee (Registro Público)MX$7,625
Total of the lines aboveMX$127,625
Loan with 20% downMX$2,400,000
Monthly payment, 20 years at 11.31%MX$25,281

A flat 4% since 3 July 2025, after a progressive table in force from December 2024. Recording fee: 65 UMA per act and folio, plus 0.2 UMA per page of the deed (pages not included).

General rate; notary, appraisal, liens certificate, SRE and broker fees excluded. Payment at the Banco de México average offer, not an offer. All the rates and sources.

If you sell

Income tax on the sale

Federal rules, the same in every state: your tax residence decides.

Rule applied25% of the gross price, no deduction (LISR art. 160)
Income tax on the saleMX$750,000
Sale price after the taxMX$2,250,000

Default rule for a non-resident; the notary pays it at the signing. Option: 35% on the gain instead, computed with the resident rules (not computed here); it is cheaper when the gain is below about 71% of the price.

Main home only for the exemption; the 5% state payment and fees are excluded. How the tax on a sale works.

The questions, answered

How much tax and recording fee on a MX$3 million home in Isla Mujeres?

On a MX$3 million home in Isla Mujeres (Quintana Roo), taxed on the highest of the updated price, the cadastral appraisal, a private or bank appraisal and the last declared value, the buyer pays property acquisition tax (ISABI) MX$120,000, recording fee, Registro Público de la Propiedad MX$7,625: MX$127,625 in all under the 2026 laws read by Payotte, before notary fees.

How much tax and recording fee on a MX$8 million home in Isla Mujeres?

On a MX$8 million home in Isla Mujeres (Quintana Roo): property acquisition tax (ISABI) MX$320,000, recording fee, Registro Público de la Propiedad MX$7,625, MX$327,625 in all, before notary fees.

What monthly payment on a MX$3 million home in Isla Mujeres?

MX$2,400,000 borrowed (20% down) costs MX$25,281 a month over 20 years at 11.31% (Banco de México, August 2026); average CAT 13.78%.

How much tax when you sell a home in Isla Mujeres?

Federal rules apply in Isla Mujeres as in every state: a seller who is not a Mexican tax resident pays by default 25% of the gross price (LISR art. 160), MX$750,000 on a MX$3 million sale, paid by the notary; a resident selling their own home is exempt up to 700,000 UDIS, about MX$6,199,266 at 15 October 2026 (art. 93-XIX-a).

How Isla Mujeres compares

On a MX$3 million home the acquisition tax of Isla Mujeres is MX$120,000 (4%), 60% above the MX$75,000 median of the 54 municipios computed; 2 charge more and 47 less, 4 the same.

The law applies one rate, 4%, to the taxable base, so the tax grows in step with the price: MX$40,000 on MX$1 million, MX$120,000 on MX$3 million and MX$320,000 on MX$8 million.

Inside Quintana Roo, the nearest computed neighbours on a MX$3 million home are Playa del Carmen MX$120,000 (same), Tulum MX$120,000 (same), Cancún MX$90,000 (MX$30,000 less), Cozumel MX$90,000 (MX$30,000 less), Bacalar MX$60,000 (MX$60,000 less) and Chetumal MX$60,000 (MX$60,000 less). The MX$7,625 recording fee comes from the state's own law, so it is identical in each of them and the gap is the municipal tax alone.

Tax and recording fee together take 4.25% of a MX$3 million price, MX$127,625, which is 5 monthly payments of MX$25,281 and 21.3% on top of the MX$600,000 down payment. On a home at the state median appraisal of MX$1,310,995 the same rules give MX$60,065, 4.58% of the price.

Ranked from the lightest to the heaviest of the 54 areas, Isla Mujeres is 48th: just below it in the national ranking is Durango (Durango) at MX$111,679 and just above it is Playa del Carmen at MX$120,000. The lightest, Guanajuato, takes MX$24,144 on the same MX$3 million, so a buyer in Isla Mujeres pays MX$95,856 more; the heaviest, Querétaro, takes MX$170,306, MX$50,306 more than Isla Mujeres.

Beyond the three prices of this page, tax and fee reach MX$87,625 on MX$2 million, MX$207,625 on MX$5 million and MX$487,625 on MX$12 million. Between MX$3 million and MX$8 million, each extra peso of price carries 4 centavos of acquisition tax, the same as the average rate. In the daily unit of account (UMA, MX$117 in 2026) the MX$3 million tax is 1,023 UMA and the recording fee 65.

MeasureValueReferenceRank
Isla Mujeres: Acquisition tax on MX$1 millionMX$40,000median MX$21,58849th of 54 lightest
Isla Mujeres: Acquisition tax on MX$3 millionMX$120,000median MX$75,00048th of 54 lightest
Isla Mujeres: Acquisition tax on MX$8 millionMX$320,000median MX$232,23946th of 54 lightest
Isla Mujeres: Effective rate at MX$3 million4%median 2.5%48th of 54 lightest
Isla Mujeres: Effective rate at MX$1 and 8 million4% and 4%gap 0 pointsflat
Isla Mujeres: Tax on MX$3 million in UMA1,023 UMAMX$117 per UMA33.6 monthly UMA
Isla Mujeres: Recording fee on MX$3 millionMX$7,6250.25% of the price6.4% of the tax
Isla Mujeres: Tax and fee on MX$3 millionMX$127,6254.25% of the price49th of 54 lightest
Isla Mujeres: Tax and fee on MX$12 millionMX$487,6254.06% of the price3.8 times the MX$3 million bill

Appraisal values, home loans and renting for the whole of Quintana Roo are on its state page.

The figures

MeasureValueSource
Property acquisition tax (ISABI) on MX$3 millionMX$120,000Ley de Hacienda del Municipio de Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, art. 24-25 (rate reformed POE 3 July 2025)
Recording fee, Registro Público de la Propiedad on MX$3 millionMX$7,625Ley de Derechos del Estado de Quintana Roo, art. 29-I (last reform 18 Dec. 2025)
Average fixed-rate mortgage offer (Aug. 2026)11.31%Banco de México, CF303

The SHF publishes home prices in pesos by state only; for a municipality it publishes an index, not a price. The appraisal values, loans and renting of Quintana Roo are on its state page.

Elsewhere in Quintana Roo

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