Best sites to sell your home without an agency in Mexico

Yes. Inmuebles24 has a dueño directo flow for private owners: create an account, pick particular or dueño directo at the start of the listing form, and publish. The free window runs about 30 days, then the ad loses position in the results and staying visible means a paid plan, from a basic boost to a premium placement. An Anyone.com listing has no 30-day window; it stays up for as long as the sale takes.

Mainly what happens after the ad. On Inmuebles24 a buyer writes to you and the rest is on you; on Anyone.com the visitas, the offers side by side and the promesa de compraventa sit in one account, and buyers can verify their identity and finances so their offers carry a badge. Your Inmuebles24 ad keeps running as it is. Anyone takes about five minutes to publish, costs a one-time fee, charges no commission, and if you want an agent later it matches you with one and your listing and offers move across.

In Mexico, the seller typically pays the ISR (Impuesto Sobre la Renta), which is a capital gains tax calculated by a notary publico. The rate depends on your acquisition cost, improvements, and how long you have held the property. The notary fee itself is paid by the buyer in most Mexican transactions, but confirm this in your purchase-sale agreement (contrato de compraventa). Budget 1 to 3 percent of sale price for your own tax and legal costs, not counting any agent commission if you use one.

A notario publico in Mexico is a federally licensed attorney who formalizes real estate transfers, calculates and withholds the seller's ISR, and registers the deed with the Registro Publico de la Propiedad. Every sale in Mexico must pass through a notario to be legally binding. The buyer traditionally selects the notario, but as the seller you have the right to propose one. Budget 30 to 90 days from accepted offer to deed signing, depending on state and workload.

Gather your titulo de propiedad (deed), a recent predial receipt showing property taxes are current, the latest CFE and water utility bills, your RFC (Mexican tax ID), and a valid government ID. If the property has a mortgage, get a payoff letter from your bank. If it is part of a condominio, obtain a paz y salvo certificate from the HOA confirming you owe no maintenance fees. Missing any of these is a common cause of closing delays.

All five take an owner's listing with nothing to pay up front, and the differences start after that. Inmuebles24 gives a private ad about 30 days free, then it slides down the results unless you buy a plan. Vivanuncios, Lamudi and Mercado Libre stay free to post and sell boosts separately, because a free ad on a classifieds site loses position over time. Anyone.com charges a one-time listing fee, takes no commission, and has no paid tier for staying visible.

It depends on what you want more, the most Mexican eyes or the least handed over. For reach, Inmuebles24: most buyers open it first, and a private ad gets about 30 days free before a paid plan takes over. Vivanuncios, Mercado Libre and Lamudi add free channels with optional boosts. For keeping the sale in your own hands, Anyone.com: a one-time fee and no commission, so about MX$174,000 of a MX$3,000,000 sale stays with you; buyers can verify identity and finances and verified offers are badged; and the visitas, offers and paperwork for the notario stay in one account. Its buyers are mostly in Mexico, with the US and relocating buyers alongside. None of these routes shuts out the others, and none changes the sale itself: the notario still calculates the ISR and registers the deed.

Ask for proof of funds or a mortgage pre-approval before any visit. Take offers in writing, with the price, the deposit, any financing condition and a proposed closing date. Once you accept, everything goes through your notario. Portal enquiries include plenty of time-wasters, so a small viewing deposit or a pre-qualification step up front filters them. On Anyone.com buyers can verify their identity and finances, and verified offers carry a badge, so the sorting is done for you.

Agent search in Mexico runs through the same portals this page compares, which has a catch: the most visible agents on Inmuebles24 pay for those placements, so prominence shows a marketing budget, not a fit with your sale. Two routes avoid that. Anyone.com matches rather than lists: describe the home and you get candidates screened on where it is, its price range and its type and size, never on who paid, from a pool Anyone counts at 4.6 million agents. The tool is at anyone.com/find-agent and is free for sellers and buyers. The other is our guide at /countries/mexico/find-an-agent, built around the professionals a Mexican sale involves, including the notario público, because no sale closes without one. However you find candidates, compare commission, recent sales in your colonia, and how each plans to handle portal placement.

Yes, but you will need a Mexican RFC if you do not already have one, a poder notarial (notarized power of attorney) if you cannot be present at closing, and a Mexican bank account or a formal wire arrangement for receiving proceeds. Your notario handles the ISR calculation the same way as for a domestic seller. If the property is in a restricted zone (within 50 km of a coast or 100 km of a border), it must be held through a fideicomiso bank trust, which adds a step for the buyer but does not prevent the sale.