Browsing: caribbean real estate

Caribbean real estate is now a US$1.87 trillion market. Yet Caribbean developers are being rejected for financing at an alarming rate. A structural gap between market opportunity and capital readiness is holding back housing delivery across the region, including in Jamaica.

Trinidadian investors are flowing into Barbados’s property market in search of safety and stronger returns, squeezing local buyers and raising prices. The dynamic holds clear lessons for Jamaica.

The Growing Battle Between Tourism Development and Public Beach AccessAcross the Caribbean, a quiet battle is unfolding along some of…

The debate is not simply whether children should be protected online. It is whether governments should decide how future generations…

There is a tendency in rapidly growing cities to mistake scale for significance.A taller building arrives. A larger investment is…

Portland Co-operative Credit Union has received member approval to establish a subsidiary company that will oversee a proposed residential subdivision…

A growing legal battle over access to some of Jamaica’s most well-known beaches is drawing attention to a broader national…

For years, many property owners in Jamaica enjoyed a market that seemed almost unstoppable.Homes attracted multiple enquiries. Landowners could hold…

From Blessing the Land to Building WealthKINGSTON, Jamaica — In 1980, Jamaica’s economy was worth approximately US$2.6 billion. Most families…

Despite global economic uncertainty, rising construction costs, higher borrowing expenses in some markets, and growing caution among purchasers, real estate…

The announcement of a new nonstop United Airlines service between Newark and St. Croix at Caribbean Week in New York…

Bruce Golding’s reflections on Cuba offer a timely reminder of how diplomacy, trade and regional cooperation continue to shape Jamaica’s…

Reports suggesting the United States has positioned military assets capable of supporting operations against Cuba are likely to attract close…

A war thousands of miles away. Rising oil prices in distant markets. Political uncertainty in major economies. Shifts in international…

Nearly two centuries after slavery was abolished, France has finally removed one of the legal foundations of its colonial empire.…