Caribbean property markets show genuine recovery momentum in spring 2010 as Jamaica’s IMF programme begins and the Dominican Republic leads the region in tourism and FDI.

Caribbean property and investment markets show early recovery signs in early 2010 as Haiti earthquake reconstruction draws regional solidarity and Jamaica signs a new IMF arrangement.

The devastating Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010 shocks the entire Caribbean region, prompting a massive humanitarian response and raising urgent questions about regional resilience and property insurance.

The Caribbean enters 2010 with cautious optimism as global recovery takes hold, property markets show early stabilisation, and the region hopes for a return to tourism growth.

The Caribbean marks the end of 2009 — its worst economic year in decades — with tourism down sharply, property markets subdued, but global recovery signals offering tentative hope for 2010.

Caribbean tourism operators enter the 2009-10 holiday season with cautious optimism as deep discounting drives bookings, and distressed property creates bargain opportunities for cash buyers.

The Caribbean takes stock of 2009’s tourism collapse and property market distress as global recession shows early green shoots, while H1N1 fears begin to recede.

The Caribbean’s tourism sector takes stock after its worst summer in decades, while below-normal hurricane season activity offers one silver lining amid the ongoing fiscal and health crisis.

The Caribbean weathers its worst summer tourism season in living memory in 2009, with pandemic fears and recession combining to slash visitor numbers and property transaction volumes.

The WHO declares H1N1 a pandemic in June 2009, compounding the Caribbean’s worst tourism crisis in decades and leaving property markets at a near standstill.