Barbados’ estate agents’ association says agents must document anti-money laundering checks on every deal. In Jamaica, the latest national risk assessment rated real estate dealers medium-high risk and flagged gaps in oversight of developers.

Details of a procurement watchdog report on Trinidad and Tobago’s cancelled TT$3.48 billion housing programme have been aired in Parliament, prompting a firm rebuttal from the Government. The row raises questions about how Caribbean states finance and vet large housing schemes.

Antigua and Barbuda has received 150 Chinese-funded condominium homes at Pelican Court, built on the site of the former Booby Alley settlement, and its Prime Minister says he has asked China for 300 more units at Perry Bay.

Cayman’s planning authority has approved 76 one-bedroom apartments in West Bay aimed at construction and tourism workers, in a market where rents have outpaced wages. Jamaicans hold the largest share of the territory’s work permits, which makes Cayman’s housing costs a Jamaican concern.

Trinidad and Tobago’s TT$63.4 billion budget for fiscal 2027 lists TT$904 million for housing, while the state housing agency reports about 500 homes delivered since the Government took office against a 20,000-home target. The gap between targets and keys is one Jamaica knows well.

Barbados’ Minister of Finance has linked improved credit ratings to returning private investment at the opening of a 32-unit waterfront condominium in Bridgetown. The project is one of several reshaping the capital’s coastline.