Caribbean economic growth

A special retrospective spanning the full seventeen-year archive of the Caribbean Property & Investment Review — from the global financial crisis of 2009 through Guyana’s oil era and beyond, to July 2026.

Our inaugural Six-Month Special Edition delivers an in-depth review of Caribbean property and investment activity from January to July 2026 — covering the global rate-cut cycle, Guyana’s oil boom, the housing affordability crisis, foreign direct investment surges, and the opening of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.

Guyana’s Stabroek Block crosses a historic production threshold in May 2026, triggering a cascade of investment decisions across the Caribbean, reshaping Georgetown’s property market and forcing Trinidad’s government to confront its economic future.

Our Year-End 2025 Six-Month Special Edition reviews Caribbean property and investment activity from July to January 2026 — encompassing an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, elevated construction costs, accelerating rate cuts, record Caribbean tourism, and the 2026 outlook.

Post-hurricane recovery drives construction cost surges across the Eastern Caribbean as CDB emergency financing flows, insurance markets harden, and winter tourism bookings recover.

The 2025 hurricane season winds down with damage assessments across the Eastern Caribbean revealing a deepening property insurance crisis, disrupted tourism bookings, and urgent CDB emergency financing.

The Caribbean faces peak hurricane season while Guyana oil production nears 600,000 bpd and a landmark US$280 million CARICOM renewable energy facility accelerates the regional clean energy transition.

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.

Our Mid-Year 2025 Six-Month Special Edition reviews Caribbean property and investment from January to July 2025 — covering the emerging global rate-cut cycle, Caribbean mortgage market recovery, record tourism, Guyana oil ramping toward 550k bpd, the opening of hurricane season 2025, CBI demand, and the Caribbean hotel development pipeline.

Caribbean records its strongest midyear economic performance in a generation with 4.2% regional growth, June tourism records, Guyana oil at 590,000 bpd, and short-term rental revenues up 28% year-on-year.

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.

Trinidad Carnival 2025 generates a record TT$2.8 billion economic impact as Jamaica posts 18% RevPAR growth, Barbados villa ADRs hit Caribbean highs, and St Lucia buyer registrations surge 24% year-on-year.

Our Year-End 2024 Six-Month Special Edition reviews Caribbean property and investment from July to January 2025 — covering the 2024 hurricane season, Donald Trump’s November election and Caribbean investment implications, Guyana oil at 600k bpd, record tourism, easing rates, CBI surge, and the 2025 outlook.

The Caribbean closes 2024 with resilience: Hurricane Beryl struck in July, tourism set records, Guyana’s oil output hit 620k bpd, and Jamaica’s fiscal discipline delivered a seventh straight surplus.

Caribbean property enters the 2024 holiday season with record tourism bookings, Barbados luxury demand, Cayman residential strength, and Guyana commercial real estate undergoing an oil-fuelled transformation.