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.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — At first glance, the calculation appears irresistible. Buy an apartment in Kingston, rent it to a professional…
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…
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
Jamaica’s housing market is producing an unusual contradiction in 2026. Mortgage lending is growing, demand for homes remains strong, diaspora…
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…
