BOUYANT MEXICO PAINT INDUSTRY FUELLED BY HOUSING BOOM

BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas, TexasGRAFFITI artists, US baby boomers and the massive expansion of low-cost housing are several - very diverse - factors buoying up Mexico's paint industry.Vast improvements in the property-buying process for foreigners, plus a slowing of the housing sector at home, are making the country's coastal areas from Cancun to Baja California increasingly attractive for North American retirees."The country is seeing a building boom across the board," said Robert E Branand (NOTE - SPELLING IS CORRECT), an attorney and consultant to the US ...


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