Commentary
Current news and public affairs examined through the editorial perspective of Jamaica Homes, particularly where events affect housing, property, communities and everyday life.
Adverse possession still serves a purpose, but an 1881 framework should not decide modern ownership without stronger notice, clearer safeguards and a fairer balance between title holders and long-term
Jamaica has achieved what nations with vastly larger economies spend billions trying to manufacture: global cultural influence. We must now convert that influence into enduring Jamaican wealth.
For generations, the Jamaican Justice of the Peace has represented something reassuringly human: a recognised person in the community, trusted…
Jamaica beach access, coastal development, public beaches, tourism investment, Beach Control Act, coastal rights
Along Jamaica’s coastline, a quiet form of dispossession is taking place. It does not always arrive with bulldozers or eviction…
Jamaica’s property-tax system has been allowed to drift too far behind the market it is supposed to measure. The National…
The Jamaican dream of owning a home does not exist in isolation from the world around us. A family may…
For generations, migration has been part of the Jamaican economic story. Britain, the United States and Canada offered education, employment,…
KINGSTON, Jamaica August 6, 2026 — Sixty-four years after the Union Jack came down at the National Stadium, Jamaica is…
There is something wonderfully revealing about land. Long after governments change, flags are replaced and constitutions are rewritten, the land…
There is a particular moment in the life of many Jamaicans overseas when the idea of “home” changes. For years,…
Fraud prevention is essential. But repeatedly sending genuine overseas clients to notaries is not the only way to achieve it. Jamaica needs a property system that is just as rigorous, but far more intelligent.
From resort apartments to large residences, 46 mortgaged properties are scheduled for auction as past-due lending increases. The figures warrant attention, but they do not establish a nationwide mortgage crisis.
Jamaica’s drought warning is not simply a call to conserve water. It is a warning that the homes being repaired…
As Jamaica marks Emancipation Day 2026, the country stands between the sacrifices that built it and a new age of…