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Inflation hit a 29-month high of 6.7% in June, breaching the Bank of Jamaica’s target ceiling. The economy contracted 4.1% in the March quarter. Yet building plan applications rose 49.7% and the NHT is starting 10,675 units. Our monthly read on the numbers that move Jamaican property.

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Jamaica’s housing sector digests the budget’s NHT reforms as construction pipelines stay active, diaspora interest grows, and the BOJ holds rates at 7% into April.

PM Holness’s budget announces NHT loan limits raised to J$7.5m and a new 5% rate band, reshaping Jamaica’s affordable housing landscape for the 2023/24 fiscal year.

With inflation at 7.8% and the BOJ tightening further via reserve requirements, Jamaica’s housing boom strains against affordability limits as budget season approaches.