How DevScore works Prototype
DevScore rates a developer from 0 to 100 using facts we can show you. Every point links to its source and the date we checked it. It is a prototype, running only for Mexico's land developers for now.
Rules
- No score without a company. If we cannot find the legal entity behind a brand, we show "insufficient data" instead of a number. Buying from a company you cannot name is a risk in itself.
- At least four facts. A score needs at least four sourced facts about the company, not counting our own checks.
- Claims count half. What a company says about its own history (years in business, developments sold) counts half until another source confirms it.
- Regulator listings always show. A development on an official irregular list is shown at the top of the profile, and the score cannot go above 40.
- What we cannot measure stays out. Delivery reliability needs promised and actual delivery dates over time, which we have not collected yet. The score is scaled over the 80 points we can measure today.
- Not finding something is not evidence against. A missing fact scores zero; it never subtracts.
Points
| Component | What earns points | Max |
|---|---|---|
| Track record | Years in business (15 years or more: 15; 8 or more: 10; 3 or more: 5). Finished or sold developments: 10. | 25 |
| Delivery reliability | Not measured yet. | 20 |
| Transparency | Legal entity named: 5. Sales contract registered with Profeco, as NOM-247 requires: 6, or 3 when only the distinctive part of the name matches. Permits named on the developer's site: 4. | 15 |
| Regulator checks | Not found on the official lists we checked: 10. Reviews and court records are not checked yet, so the last 5 points are out of reach. | 15 |
| Buyer protections | Deeds explained: 4. English information: 4. A bank trust (fideicomiso) mentioned, either holding the development or for foreign buyers near the coast: 3. Private property stated: 2. Payment plan published: 2. | 15 |
| Market presence | Projects listed on redb (4 or more: 8; 2 or more: 6; 1: 3). Own website: 2. | 10 |
Sources
- Official records and press reports of them: Quintana Roo register of irregular developments (Sedetus) (Projects in Quintana Roo; 192 listed developments, checked 10 Nov 2026); Companies Profeco's Mérida office (Odeco) named for complaints over land sales (Companies whose legal name we know, checked 10 Nov 2026); Profeco register of adhesion contracts (RPCA) (Every company, by legal and trade name, checked 10 Nov 2026). Profeco's complaint list reached us through a newspaper, so it is labelled a press report.
- Company says: the developer's own website, including its privacy notice, which Mexican law requires to name the company responsible. We quote the sentence we relied on.
- redb check: what we observed ourselves, such as an English version of the site or how many projects we list.
DevScore is information, not advice. It does not replace a lawyer, a notary's title search or a visit to the land. We update the score when a fact changes.