Did Hurricane Melissa Really Lower Jamaican Property Prices?

An Honest Look at a Very Messy Question

This question has followed me into meetings, voice notes, DMs, even supermarket aisles:

“Dean, has Hurricane Melissa pushed property prices down in Jamaica?”

I’m going to be straight with you.

Short answer: we don’t 100% know yet.
We don’t have the full data, we don’t have parish-level indices, and anyone talking as if…