As rebuilding accelerates, an uncomfortable question emerges about the future of property ownership. What happens when a home is affordable to buy but increasingly difficult to protect?

A Jamaican Patwa class in Britain has renewed questions about language, identity and social prejudice. As Jamaica continues debating the role of Patwa in education and Parliament, the issue reaches far beyond pronunciation.

Jamaicans have always learned through play, from the domino table to the ludi board. A new set of free daily games on Jamaica Homes News puts Patois, history, food and the maths of buying a home into five-minute puzzles that anyone can play on a phone.

Hurricane Melissa tore the roof from Greenwood and flattened Georgian Falmouth and Black River. A year on, Jamaica’s great houses face three tests: surviving stronger storms, paying for repairs, and telling the truth about the people who built them.

For British citizens and overseas property owners, the dream of a second home in Jamaica can conceal an uncomfortable financial reality. A property deed provides ownership, but it does not guarantee healthcare, residency rights or protection from the costs of a medical emergency.

Jamaica’s property market remains active, but rising borrowing costs and the widening gap between asking prices and household incomes are raising difficult questions for buyers and sellers.