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.
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.
A new national rental database will make landlords and properties easier to identify. Jamaica already requires rented premises to be registered, but the information remains far less visible.
Property Market
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.
From titles and caveats to NHT mortgages, stamp duty and strata fees, this Jamaican property jargon guide explains what buyers need to know before signing.
Montego Bay’s Mayor has named Brandon Hill, Leaders Avenue and a Retirement property suited to affordable housing as council sites open to private partnership, putting detail behind the municipal corporation’s J$450 million asset target. The approach could reshape how the city uses public land.
The Financial Services Commission’s latest industry-wide assessment shows 1,563 Hurricane Melissa claims still unresolved, with insurers reserving more for US-dollar claims than they have so far paid. The regulator says it is examining why settlements are taking so long.
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…
