Jamaica’s housing market is producing an unusual contradiction in 2026. Mortgage lending is growing, demand for homes remains strong, diaspora buyers are still active and the National Housing Trust is preparing thousands of additional mortgages and housing solutions. Yet sellers are increasingly discovering something uncomfortable: having a willing market does not mean buyers will accept any asking price. The latest…
KINGSTON, Jamaica August 6, 2026 — Sixty-four years after the Union Jack came down at the National Stadium, Jamaica is…
As Jamaica marks Emancipation Day 2026, the country stands between the sacrifices that built it and a new age of…
Jamaica’s property market has traditionally been analysed through familiar local factors such as housing supply, mortgage availability, employment, tourism and…
Rents consuming nearly 58% of average take-home pay, a 150,000-unit housing deficit and a Bank of Jamaica rate that refuses to move — our July 2026 review maps the forces squeezing Jamaica’s renters and first-time buyers and asks what relief, if any, is on the horizon.
Property Market
In Jamaica, too many families spend years building wealth and almost no time deciding what should happen to it when they die. That is…
Jamaica is preparing to begin a new phase of major road rehabilitation…
A long-running effort to regularise a large municipal property at Easington in…
Homes will be more expensive, but value will depend increasingly on resilience, access, title and whether ordinary Jamaicans can still afford to live in them
Mortgages & Money
For Jamaicans trying to buy a home in 2026, the conversation about affordability can sometimes feel as though it begins…
RENTING
England’s new Renters’ Rights regime is about to make landlord registration a much bigger part of renting. But what happens when the property owner is not…
