From billion-dollar apartments overlooking Kingston Harbour to families being moved from vulnerable communities, a succession of housing announcements is exposing a deeper question about Jamaica’s future: Is the country simply building more properties, or creating places where ordinary Jamaicans can afford to belong?
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s property market is sending mixed signals. Buyers are gaining negotiating power in Kingston and St Andrew.…
New homes, contested land, rising rents and billions in pension savings made this a revealing week for Jamaican property. Beneath the individual headlines was one persistent problem: demand for secure, affordable housing is running considerably faster than the country can supply it.
Jamaica’s housing market is producing an unusual contradiction in 2026. Mortgage lending is growing, demand for homes remains strong, diaspora…
Across the Caribbean, property markets are moving at very different speeds. Yet from Kingston to Bridgetown, Georgetown to Nassau, one problem increasingly unites buyers: the amount paid for a house is not necessarily what that house will ultimately cost.
Property Market
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A growing segment of Jamaica’s property market is being shaped by buyers who do not necessarily need a Jamaican mortgage to…
Jamaica’s Senate has passed a Bill to regulate mediation, with possible implications for family land, inheritance and boundary disputes. The proposal does not replace legal title, estate administration or court proceedings where needed.
When love, faith and finances collide, the family home can become the hardest thing to walk away from. For Jamaican couples who separate but continue living under the same roof, the question is no longer simply whether the relationship can survive, but what happens to everything they own.
Users of undeveloped public beaches in St Thomas fear that adding amenities could bring entry fees and loss of free access, adding to the dispute over Jamaica’s new Beach Access and Management Policy.
Mortgages & Money
Mortgage payments are rising, household budgets are shrinking and the dream of owning a home is being pushed further out…
RENTING
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican earning the national minimum wage of J$17,000 for a 40 hour week makes roughly J$73,700 a month before deductions. Put that…
Diaspora & Migration
Britain promised to put right the wrongs done to the Windrush generation. Seven years after compensation began, about a third of decided claims have produced a payment, at least 66 claimants have died waiting, and the Home Office is still marking its own homework. A full accounting of what happened, what didn’t, and what could have been done better.