Caribbean property forecast

Our 2014 year-end review covers the defining stories of a year that began with Caribbean optimism and ended with the oil price crisis transforming Trinidad & Tobago’s outlook. The December 17 announcement of US-Cuba diplomatic normalisation is the Caribbean’s most geopolitically significant development in decades, with profound long-term implications for regional tourism, investment and property markets.

Puerto Rico and the Bahamas assess Hurricane Irene’s aftermath as the 2011-12 Caribbean tourism season opens strongly, with PM Golding leading Jamaica and T&T recording strong energy revenue.

The Caribbean assesses post-Irene recovery and opens the 2011-12 tourism season, with Jamaica still led by PM Bruce Golding and T&T recording strong energy revenues.

Hurricane Irene strikes Puerto Rico and the Bahamas in August 2011, prompting Caribbean property owners and insurers to reassess coastal resilience and coverage.

The Caribbean enjoys strong peak summer 2011 performance while meteorologists track intensifying Atlantic storm activity, with multiple systems developing in the basin.

Caribbean summer 2011 tourism performs well despite Eurozone debt crisis uncertainty as European visitor confidence wavers, while T&T leads regional investment growth.

NOAA forecasts an above-normal 2011 Atlantic hurricane season as Caribbean investors monitor storm risk, while regional investment momentum continues to build.

NOAA forecasts an above-normal 2011 Atlantic hurricane season as the Caribbean monitors storm risk, while investment momentum builds across Jamaica, T&T and the Dominican Republic.

Caribbean property and investment summer outlook 2011 as Arab Spring-driven oil prices boost T&T revenues but strain energy-importing islands ahead of hurricane season.

The Caribbean assesses Trinidad Carnival’s economic impact as Japan’s earthquake and the Arab Spring drive oil prices higher and inject global uncertainty into property markets.

The Caribbean gears up for Trinidad Carnival 2011 and a promising spring investment season, with property markets showing resilience amid global economic uncertainty.

The Caribbean gears up for Trinidad Carnival 2011 and a promising spring investment season, with property markets showing resilience amid global uncertainty.

Caribbean property investment outlook for 2011 as Haiti marks one year since the earthquake, Jamaica pursues IMF-backed reform, and T&T energy revenues fuel construction.

Caribbean property investment outlook for 2011 as Haiti marks one year since the earthquake, Jamaica pursues IMF-backed reform, and T&T energy revenues fuel construction.

St Lucia and St Vincent begin Hurricane Tomas reconstruction as the Caribbean holiday season 2010-11 opens, with Barbados’s new PM Stuart consolidating his leadership and property markets ending the year cautiously.