The Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores (INFONAVIT) is the Mexican federal institute for worker’s housing, founded in 1972, and located in the Barranca del Muerto 280, Mexico City.
It is the largest mortgage lender in Latin America, with over 5 million mortgages on its books and a new one added every 53 seconds.[1]
Infonavit receives 5% of all formal workers salaries and provides a series of housing related mortgage products. These include a mortgage to buy a new or existing home, a mortgage to remodel a home or a mortgage to build a new home.