Caribbean mortgage market

Kingston, Jamaica, 22 July 2026 Spain has proposed a radical policy response to its housing affordability crisis: a 100% tax…

Kingston, Jamaica, 22 July 2026 International geopolitical instability is channelling wealthy buyers into European property markets with increasing force in…

Kingston, Jamaica, 22 July 2026 Europe’s two largest economies present a study in contrast when it comes to residential property…

Kingston, Jamaica, 22 July 2026 European commercial real estate has now recorded seven consecutive quarters of value recovery, according to…

Kingston, Jamaica, 13 July 2026 Housing across the European Union is becoming more expensive, and it is doing so faster…

Kingston, Jamaica, 13 July 2026 Spain has emerged as Europe’s strongest-performing residential property market in 2026, with prices rising 13.5%…

Kingston, Jamaica, 5 July 2026 Despite wider economic uncertainty and mounting affordability pressures in European housing markets, demand for premium…

Kingston, Jamaica, 5 July 2026 Each year, the European Real Estate Society brings together the leading academic and professional researchers…

Kingston, Jamaica, 5 July 2026 American mortgage rates closed the Independence Day holiday in mixed territory, with the benchmark 30-year…

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.

From Kingston to Nassau and Santo Domingo, Caribbean families face the most challenging housing affordability conditions in a generation. April 2026 produced fresh evidence that the gap between wages and property prices is widening across every income segment and every island market.

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 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.

Trinidad Carnival 2024 drew 40,000 international visitors with TT$1.2 billion economic impact as the Caribbean’s February peak tourism season delivered record occupancy across Jamaica, Barbados and St Lucia.

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.