climate resilience
Building climate-resilient homes, infrastructure, and communities across Jamaica and the Caribbean.
Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. Lookthrough, a Zurich-based real estate decision intelligence platform, and BuildingMinds, a Berlin-based AI data platform…
Jamaica’s drought warning is not simply a call to conserve water. It is a warning that the homes being repaired…
From geopolitical tensions and energy prices to global shipping routes and climate risk, Jamaica’s property market is being shaped by forces well beyond the island’s borders. Understanding them is no longer optional for buyers, sellers or developers.
Global foreign direct investment rose 6% to US$1.6 trillion in 2025, but Caribbean small island developing states saw inflows fall by 2% to approximately US$7 billion. Jamaica bucked the regional trend with increased investment — but the findings of the 2026 Sustainable Development Report underscore how much ground the region must cover.
A proposed reconstruction authority would coordinate billions of dollars in recovery work, accelerate major developments and override stalled approvals. Its…
Kingston, Jamaica, 2 July 2026 Germany is in the middle of one of the most significant overhauls to its real…
After two devastating hurricanes in two years and with climate scientists projecting more intense storm seasons ahead, the question of what climate risk means for Jamaica’s coastal and low-lying property values is no longer theoretical.
Jamaica’s tradition of incremental, room-by-room homebuilding creates a complex, informal housing culture that Hurricane Melissa exposed with devastating clarity.
With 200,000 Jamaican families lacking secure land tenure and the next hurricane season already open, experts warn the conditions that made Melissa so destructive remain largely unchanged.
The 15th Caribbean Urban Forum closed in Kingston with a landmark declaration on resilience and recovery. What it means for the region’s property sector and Jamaica’s rebuilding agenda is worth understanding.
A live parliamentary dispute over Jamaica’s largest water infrastructure investment has exposed a deeper question: what does reliable water supply mean for land and property values across the island’s western corridor?
Kingston, Jamaica, 22 June 2026The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has opened with its most favourable forecast in more than a…
Jamaica’s property market is not dead. It is changing shape.The headline numbers still show strong activity: MLS data reported approximately…
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…