PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Suriname’s National Housing Fund has been brought into operation with an initial government deposit of SRD 20 million, six…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Barbados used its turn as host of the region’s main gathering of housing ministers in early December 2025 to…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s 2026 budget, presented on 4 December 2025, set out a housing programme of several…

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — President Luis Abinader relaunched the government’s Mi Vivienda home-ownership programme on 4 December 2025, with a target…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Grenada is setting up a EC$50 million Government Housing Fund as part of a record EC$1.96 billion budget…

Caribbean summer tourism breaks records across Jamaica, Barbados and the DR as Barbados champions a US$8 billion clean energy blueprint and the CDB documents a 185,000-unit regional housing deficit.

NOAA forecasts an above-normal 2025 hurricane season as Jamaica’s IMF programme completes, Barbados launches a US$450 million climate resilience bond, and Caribbean spring tourism closes at record levels.

IDB commits US$620 million across the Caribbean in Q1 as the CDB launches a US$180 million OECS housing finance facility, Jamaica accelerates road infrastructure, and Caribbean private equity hits a record US$890 million.

Caribbean mortgage markets enter 2025 with improving rate conditions as Bank of Jamaica holds at 6.0%, NHT posts record disbursements, and the Dominican Republic leads regional housing growth.

With the US Federal Reserve holding rates at 5.25-5.50 percent, Caribbean mortgage markets face severe affordability pressures as Jamaica’s NHT records surging applications and Barbados reports a 15 percent drop in new mortgage originations.