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Analysis
Data-driven analysis and expert commentary on Jamaica’s real estate and housing trends.
More than 32,000 expired and 10,500 cancelled listings sit behind the active surface of Jamaica’s MLS. Understanding why they failed to sell is one of the most important — and underreported — stories in the market.
When more than half of Jamaica’s listed residential lots are already under offer or contract, that is not a coincidence. It is a signal. A deep dive into MLS absorption rates and what they tell us about genuine market demand.
Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026Jamaican banks are tilting their lending books decisively toward mortgages, a structural shift in household credit…
Kingston, Jamaica, 29 June 2026Bankrate’s mortgage rate variability index, a measure of how much loan offers differ from one lender…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026American market analysts are drawing attention to an unusual dynamic in the US housing market: the…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States government has declared June National Homeownership Month, and the White House’s proclamation, issued…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026Research published this year in the United States has found that 76 percent of American homebuyers…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026Homes near public transit in the United States save their occupants more than $8,000 annually in…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026Global commercial real estate lending reached an all-time high in April 2026, according to data from…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States housing market is experiencing what analysts at Redfin have called the Great Housing…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States is building more housing than at any point in years, but it is…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States has passed the largest housing affordability bill in 30 years, but the debate…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026Florida’s housing market is undergoing a visible correction, and for the significant community of Jamaicans who…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026A 3D-printed home can now be financed with a standard 30-year mortgage in the United States.…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The Federal Reserve’s rate decisions are widely understood to affect mortgage costs in the United States.…