After having a year marked by the pandemic, the desire to move to a new home remains, since at least 45% of Mexican women maintain this intention, with a greater inclination towards buying a home with 70% above of other options such as rent, with 18%, informed Carlos Gutiérrez Ruiz, director of the business sector of Infonavit, during the fifth anniversary of Women Leaders of Housing (MULIV).
However, despite the intention of women to obtain a home, data from Conavi, highlights that as of December 2019, 2,577,930 credits were granted to men, while to women 1,530,635 ; that is, a difference of one million 47 thousand 295. As for used housing, they obtained one million 78 thousand 730 loans and women 604 thousand 519, which represents 474 thousand 211 financing in favor of men.
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According to the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Infonavit) from 2018 to 2020, the institute granted credits to 207 thousand 838 workers for the purchase of a property, which meant that one out of every three houses acquired with a The institute's mortgage is owned by a Mexican woman.
On the other hand, although 12% of the women expressed their desire to acquire a building loan, data from Conavi show that this is one of the areas where women predominate, since as of December 2019, they obtained 103,895 housing financings in In the self-production category, this meant 19,254 more financing than men.
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With the launch of Unamos Credits in February 2020, Infonavit records that 8,579 women joined the amount of their mortgage with daughters, sisters, mothers and same-sex couples, and that in that same year 102,155 homes were acquired under the property of some worker.
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