Playa Del Carmen is currently enjoying a real estate boom with many big condo developments going up across the town. Playa Del Carmen was nothing more than a quiet fishing village only ten years ago; however, its positioning on the way] to Cancun ensured that it wasn’t long before American tourists stopped there, admired the nature and proximity to the beach and decided to start building there. Today not only is Playa Del Carmen visited by thousands of tourists from the US and Europe, but numerous Americans are opting to purchase real estate there. Many Americans see real estate purchases in Playa Del Carmen as a relatively safe investment likely to go up in value in the forthcoming years. Thanks to lots of outside input of money there are many different styles of real estate available for purchase in Playa Del Carmen.