Properties in Jamaica’s flood-prone areas — low-lying coastal zones, river valleys, and areas with inadequate drainage — are worth significantly less than comparable properties on elevated or well-drained land. Sellers and developers who conceal or misrepresent flood risk expose buyers to property damage, insurance difficulties, and resale problems that were entirely avoidable with honest disclosure.

Publication date: 5 March 2021 | Covering: February 2021 Monthly Briefing Fed January 26–27 holds 0.00–0.25%; economy “still far from” employment goal;…

Owning a home has long been part of the Jamaican dream. It is not simply about walls and a roof. It is…

There is something deeply emotional about a house that begins as an empty piece of land. No walls.No windows.Just earth, possibility, and…

The history of real estate in Jamaica is deeply intertwined with the island’s colonial past, plantation economy, emancipation, and modern economic development.…

A 3.16-acre former Sisters of Mercy convent complex in Passage West, Cork, was listed at €1.2 million with full planning permission for 35 apartments, 13 detached homes and two shops, keeping the historic convent facade.

Jamaica receives its first COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX in February 2021 as the housing market normalises and construction activity accelerates.

Vaccine campaigns begin across the Caribbean as Trinidad Carnival is cancelled for a second year, governments unveil tourism restart plans, and the property market maintains its pandemic resilience with buyer interest sustained through virtual channels.

Caribbean nations launch their first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in February 2021, as Trinidad Carnival is cancelled for a second consecutive year. We examine vaccine rollout progress, tourism restart plans and what the Dominican Republic’s continued openness reveals about regional recovery.

Jamaica Baptist Union president Rev Norva Rodney warned in 2021 that church and society seem to value material goods as an expression of righteousness, linking the pursuit of wealth to freedom without responsibility.