There is an uncomfortable truth about Jamaica’s property market. If you are looking for a house or apartment renting for J$250,000 or…

For years, Jamaica’s housing conversation has largely revolved around one question: can people afford the mortgage? But a new National Housing Trust…

Thousands of Jamaicans have received titles since a startling 2021 estimate revealed that nearly four in every 10 land parcels were unregistered. But behind the paperwork lies a much bigger question about wealth, informal settlements and who can realistically afford a legal home.

Dear Editor, I have been looking for a home in Jamaica for more than a year, and the experience has left me…

For Jamaicans trying to buy a home in 2026, the conversation about affordability can sometimes feel as though it begins and ends…

Across the Caribbean, property markets are moving at very different speeds. Yet from Kingston to Bridgetown, Georgetown to Nassau, one problem increasingly unites buyers: the amount paid for a house is not necessarily what that house will ultimately cost.

Dear Editor, Jamaica’s housing conversation too often begins and ends with the number of houses being built. We celebrate new schemes, new…

The next squeeze on Jamaican renters may begin somewhere they rarely look, not with the monthly rent notice, but with the cost…

Jamaica’s housing market may be approaching a subtle but important change in what buyers consider a good location, as affordability pressures, new…

Five or ten years can make an enormous difference to the deposit sitting between a renter and the front door of a first home