The 15th Caribbean Urban Forum closed in Kingston last week with a landmark declaration on resilience, land tenure, and urban governance. For Jamaica’s property sector, the implications are more immediate than they might appear.

Dominican investigators allege the murder suspect travelled to Jamaica by sea under a false identity before an intelligence-led operation tracked him to a property in Annotto Bay

More than 1,000 of the 1,500 free emergency housing nights Airbnb.org has provided in the Caribbean since 2020 were used in Jamaica, mostly after Hurricane Melissa.

Tenants at the NHC’s Grotto complex in St Michael, Barbados, say sewage overflows and unrepaired leaks persist despite a ministerial promise of urgent action in April.

Barbados’ National Housing Corporation is recruiting and training young people to fill an expected shortage of skilled construction workers as housing projects expand.

Across the Caribbean, marinas, branded residences, vast resorts and public housing projects are transforming the landscape. The real question is who this new Caribbean is being built for.