Diaspora Investment

A retrospective survey of the Jamaica property market from 2002 to 2026, identifying the structural themes, recurring patterns, and defining events that shaped two and a half decades of property investment on the island — from the boom cycle’s post-crisis gathering, through the hurricane years and the global financial crisis, through the debt decade’s fiscal squeeze and the long recovery, through COVID-19’s border-closure shock, to the post-pandemic surge and the normalisation that the current market represents.

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026 — A new chamber of commerce launched in Montego Bay this month is being framed…

A South Florida conference dedicated to Jamaican diaspora property investment drew strong attendance, reflecting growing confidence and organisation among overseas buyers.

Overseas Jamaicans are driving a growing share of property transactions across the island, reshaping both the luxury and mid-market residential sectors.

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026American homeowners are sitting on record equity. In the first quarter of 2026, homeowners in the…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The Caribbean diaspora in the United States represents one of the most significant pools of private…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026A new federal tax on international money transfers is now in effect in the United States,…

Kingston, Jamaica — 27 June 2026 The government’s position on informal settlement is hardening. At the ground-breaking of a new…

Kingston, Jamaica — 26 June 2026 Real estate has become the dominant destination for diaspora capital flowing back to Jamaica,…

Kingston, Jamaica — 26 June 2026 Real estate has become the dominant destination for diaspora capital flowing back to Jamaica,…

Jamaica’s Prime Minister has urged Jamaicans living abroad to buy property at home, arguing that diaspora investment in the private real estate market can help free up the National Housing Trust to focus on those who need affordable housing most.

Kingston, Jamaica — 17 March 2026 Home sales in Canada declined in February, continuing a subdued start to the year,…

Kingston, Jamaica — 1 March 2026 Escalating tensions involving Iran, the United States and Israel are prompting renewed caution in…

In a recent national address, Jamaica’s leadership drew attention to a significant demographic shift: since 2018, the country’s birth rate…

There is something deeply hopeful about standing on a piece of land just before the foundations are poured. The earth…