Browsing: Caribbean

Barbados has launched a rent-to-own social mortgage programme targeting working residents who earn enough to pay rent but cannot qualify for traditional mortgages. The model raises important questions for Jamaica’s own housing finance architecture.

Jamaica’s Urban Development Corporation has outlined plans for over 1,200 new homes, inland township rebuilding and climate-resilient construction standards as the country moves from recovery to transformation.

Caribbean real estate is now a US$1.87 trillion market. Yet Caribbean developers are being rejected for financing at an alarming rate. A structural gap between market opportunity and capital readiness is holding back housing delivery across the region, including in Jamaica.

Trinidadian investors are flowing into Barbados’s property market in search of safety and stronger returns, squeezing local buyers and raising prices. The dynamic holds clear lessons for Jamaica.

A Florida-based developer has launched a US$5 million crowdfunding campaign to build affordable homes in Jamaica, targeting diaspora and retail investors through a regulated SEC framework.

Jamaica’s Prime Minister has urged Jamaicans living abroad to buy property at home, arguing that diaspora investment in the private real estate market can help free up the National Housing Trust to focus on those who need affordable housing most.

The Growing Battle Between Tourism Development and Public Beach AccessAcross the Caribbean, a quiet battle is unfolding along some of…

The debate is not simply whether children should be protected online. It is whether governments should decide how future generations…

There is a tendency in rapidly growing cities to mistake scale for significance.A taller building arrives. A larger investment is…

Portland Co-operative Credit Union has received member approval to establish a subsidiary company that will oversee a proposed residential subdivision…

A growing legal battle over access to some of Jamaica’s most well-known beaches is drawing attention to a broader national…

For years, many property owners in Jamaica enjoyed a market that seemed almost unstoppable.Homes attracted multiple enquiries. Landowners could hold…

Jamaica has spent decades searching for ways to reduce one of its greatest economic vulnerabilities: dependence on imported energy.Every year,…

From Blessing the Land to Building WealthKINGSTON, Jamaica — In 1980, Jamaica’s economy was worth approximately US$2.6 billion. Most families…

For many people abroad, buying property in Jamaica begins as a dream.It starts with a photograph of a turquoise coastline,…