Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores

The Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers (Spanish: 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 at Barranca del Muerto 280, in Mexico City.

Formation1972-04-21

FounderLuis Echeverría Álvarez

TypeState-owned enterprise

HeadquartersÁlvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México

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Infonavit

Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores
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Central offices of the Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers in Mexico City
Formation	1972-04-21
Founder	Luis Echeverría Álvarez
Type	State-owned enterprise
Headquarters	Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México
Region	Mexico
Products	Credit products for worker's housing
Services	Real estate mortgages
Official language	Spanish
Owner	Mexico
Director general	Octavio Romero Oropeza
Chair (officer)	Rogelio Ramírez de la O
Website	https://portalmx.infonavit.org.mx/

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It is the largest mortgage lender in Latin America and the fourth worldwide, with over 12 million mortgages on its books and a new one added every 53 seconds.^[1] The reform and expansion of Infonavit led to a transformation of the housing production system in Mexico, whereby more houses are now built by developers and purchased with a mortgage than through a self-build process,^[2] and it enabled the growth of several national homebuilding firms such as Casas GEO, Homex and Consorcio Ara.

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.^[3]