The Omicron wave disrupted Caribbean tourism in January 2022, but open-border policies held firm. The Bank of Jamaica raised its policy rate and Russia-Ukraine tensions introduced a new commodity price risk.

Omicron disrupts Jamaica’s tourism recovery just as 2021’s property boom reaches its peak: January 2022 marks the final months of the near-zero rate era that made homeownership more accessible than it had been in years — and a reckoning is approaching.

Barbados made history on November 30, 2021 becoming the world’s newest republic as Dame Sandra Mason was inaugurated as President. The Omicron variant emerged just days before, testing the region’s tourism recovery momentum.

Near-zero interest rates and surging diaspora demand meet the worst global supply chain crisis in decades: Jamaica’s housing market in October 2021 is defined by a demand environment that history rarely offers and a supply sector struggling to meet it.

Vaccines, recovery and historic low rates: Jamaica’s housing market in the summer of 2021 is experiencing its best conditions in a decade — but the Delta variant and gathering inflation pressures remind buyers that the window will not remain open indefinitely.

April 2021 sees Caribbean vaccination campaigns gaining pace, airlines announcing new routes, and property markets showing stronger demand signals. Diaspora buyers and international remote workers are reshaping Caribbean real estate as the recovery pathway becomes clearer.

One year into COVID-19, Jamaica’s housing market has shown surprising resilience — supported by the NHT, historic low rates and diaspora loyalty. April 2021 asks what the next year must deliver to convert pandemic survival into genuine housing progress.

Jamaica’s housing market survived 2020’s COVID shock through institutional resilience, diaspora loyalty and historic low rates. January 2021 asks whether the coming year can convert the pandemic’s monetary silver lining into the homes Jamaica so desperately needs.

Six months into COVID-19, Jamaica’s housing market has defied the most pessimistic predictions: rate cuts, diaspora resilience and a September election result providing policy continuity have sustained a market that many expected to collapse.

Four months of shut borders and near-zero tourism revenue: Jamaica’s housing market in July 2020 is living through its most severe external shock in modern memory, sustained only by rate cuts, institutional resilience and diaspora loyalty.