The Government has defended the pay of NaRRA’s chief executive after a row over the authority’s office lease. Builders and the Opposition are now pressing for oversight and published plans for western Jamaica.

Jamaica will join CARICOM assessments of cement, paints and road bitumen that could inform future regional trade tariffs. No tariff change has yet been announced.

A political upheaval at the Clarendon Municipal Corporation could usher in a more aggressive approach to unauthorised construction, with proposed changes to building permit enforcement and water distribution placing property development firmly on the agenda.

The Ravine Bridge House turns difficult Jamaican terrain into architecture, spanning a natural gully between two solid anchors instead of flattening the hillside beneath it.

The Trelawny Municipal Corporation has opened a four-month amnesty, running to 31 January 2027, for owners of buildings put up without approved plans, joining a string of parishes pushing homeowners to regularise before enforcement.

Jamaica is strengthening coordination of major investment projects as reconstruction, development and questions over public spending place renewed attention on the Government’s ability to deliver.

The Quarry House imagines a Jamaican home carved into a limestone hillside, using thermal mass, deep shade and rugged local materials instead of the familiar tropical villa formula.

One hundred two-bedroom homes in Guyana have been allocated to qualified buyers while construction is only about 15 per cent complete. The project illustrates demand for finished homes.

Jamaica is placing greater emphasis on climate resilient housing as post Melissa rebuilding sharpens focus on stronger homes, safer locations and better infrastructure.

Jamaica recorded an estimated J$280.9 billion in building and planning applications during 2025, a figure that points to an extraordinary level of…