Browsing: Caribbean

The Cayman Islands is operating under a development plan last updated in the late 1990s, with density restrictions and zoning rules that are preventing affordable housing models, causing developer uncertainty, and failing to address infrastructure needs for a population that has grown beyond the plan’s original scope.

There are places you see and instantly forget.And then there are places like The Pinnacle Canary, where your breath pauses…

The Grand Hyatt Grand Cayman, the island’s first new five-star international hotel brand in 20 years, is opening on Seven Mile Beach with 354 units, while the Hyatt Centric Residences development on the adjacent former Margaritaville site adds 316 new branded residences to the pipeline.

SandBank Capital, a rebranded Cayman Islands property investment firm, is targeting 100 million dollars in commercial assets under management as global uncertainty drives wealth migration to the territory, while baby boomer divestment creates a regular pipeline of acquisition opportunities in the commercial and industrial sectors.

There’s a quiet but undeniable truth reverberating through boardrooms in Berlin, kitchens in Kingston, and high-rise flats in London: Jamaican…

1. Beginnings in Two WorldsThough I was primarily raised in Greater London, my childhood was generously sprinkled with time in Jamaica—holidays and…

If you’ve ever dreamt of trading the relentless drizzle for year-round sunshine, or the daily grind for a more harmonious…

Dominica is set to hand over more than 380 new climate-resilient homes before the end of 2025, as the government’s Housing Recovery Project reaches 2,900 delivered homes and holds the Caribbean’s first-ever Resilient Housing Fair to raise building standards across the island.

The Caribbean is forecast to outpace much of Latin America economically in 2025, led by Guyana’s 10 per cent oil-driven GDP growth and sustained tourism momentum across The Bahamas, Barbados, and the Eastern Caribbean, with significant implications for regional real estate markets.

Barbados’s City of Bridgetown Credit Union is preparing to break ground on Deanstown Heights, a 34-lot housing development in St James offering 95 per cent financing to members, demonstrating how credit union capital can be channelled into accessible homeownership.

Trinidadian investors are entering Barbados’s property market in intensifying numbers, adding to market pressure from international buyers and driving rental and sale prices higher while local Barbadians face growing difficulty competing for available housing stock.

A 22-storey luxury residential tower is under construction in Georgetown, Guyana, designed by an internationally recognised architect and built by a Colombian construction firm in partnership with Roraima Airways, signalling a new era of urban real estate development driven by oil wealth.

Guyana’s oil-driven boom has pushed Georgetown property prices to levels that are increasingly inaccessible to ordinary workers, while a housing programme backlog of 78,000 applications, infrastructure deficiencies, and land title delays are leaving families priced out of their own country’s prosperity.

Barbados’s 2025 national budget introduced sweeping changes to mortgage access, credit union investment powers and affordable housing finance, signalling a significant shift in how the island approaches property ownership for lower and middle-income households.

Barbados’s 2025 national budget introduced sweeping changes to mortgage access, credit union investment powers and affordable housing finance, with implications across the Caribbean property market.