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Kingston, Jamaica, 16 July 2026 The Government says work is continuing to acquire land needed for the proposed Port Antonio Bypass,…
A complete analysis of Jamaica’s nineteen-month BOJ Payment System Data Bulletin series, June 2024 to December 2025. JAMCLEAR-RTGS volumes reflected sustained interbank activity, POS transactions grew as card adoption accelerated, and cheque usage declined structurally — together tracing the arc of Jamaica’s payment modernisation programme.
A complete analysis of Jamaica’s seventeen-month BOJ ABM Performance Bulletin series, December 2024 to April 2026. Hurricane Melissa triggered seven consecutive months of uptime non-compliance, the permanent loss of eleven Scotia Bank machines, and a 137-machine fleet refresh programme — the largest in the series. Rural uptime finally recovered above 95% in April 2026.
A complete analysis of Jamaica’s seventeen-month Bank of Jamaica Remittance Bulletin series, from December 2024 through April 2026. Fiscal 2025/26 became the first year to exceed US$3 billion in diaspora inflows, with corridor trends, regional benchmarks and housing market implications examined across the full dataset.
OPINION
Encouraging offshore signals have revived talk of a Jamaican oil future. The honest answer is that the island is a long way from any such thing, and its land should be watched regardless.
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JAMAICA Diaspora
With remittances accounting for roughly 20 percent of Jamaica’s GDP and diaspora buyers providing critical demand at every price point from residential lots to luxury villas, the connection between overseas Jamaicans and the property market is structural, not incidental.
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See MoreKingston, Jamaica, 29 June 2026Bankrate’s mortgage rate variability index, a measure of how much loan offers differ from one lender…
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Minister Robert Montague has warned that Jamaicans who occupy Crown land after June 9, 2026 will be permanently barred from government settlement programmes, as the state escalates its crackdown on illegal land occupation and organised land fraud.
Jamaica’s National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority Act has been welcomed as a vehicle for post-hurricane rebuilding, but the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement warns the legislation could permanently dispossess tens of thousands of coastal fisherfolk and informal landholders.
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 July 2026 The American housing market in the summer of 2026 occupies…
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 July 2026 While Americans celebrated Independence Day, the country’s mortgage market offered…
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 July 2026 On 20 May 2026, new European Union regulations came into…
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 July 2026 Poland’s housing market is entering a new phase, and the…
Family & Relations
For years, many property owners in Jamaica enjoyed a market that seemed almost unstoppable.Homes attracted…
