Browsing: Dominican Republic property market

A special retrospective spanning the full seventeen-year archive of the Caribbean Property & Investment Review — from the global financial crisis of 2009 through Guyana’s oil era and beyond, to July 2026.

From Kingston to Nassau and Santo Domingo, Caribbean families face the most challenging housing affordability conditions in a generation. April 2026 produced fresh evidence that the gap between wages and property prices is widening across every income segment and every island market.

Record Easter occupancy across Jamaica and Barbados, St Kitts CBI records, Grenada property momentum, and Jamaica hotel construction surge headline Caribbean spring 2025 — as ECCB documents the deepening housing affordability crisis.

Our Year-End 2024 Six-Month Special Edition reviews Caribbean property and investment from July to January 2025 — covering the 2024 hurricane season, Donald Trump’s November election and Caribbean investment implications, Guyana oil at 600k bpd, record tourism, easing rates, CBI surge, and the 2025 outlook.

Caribbean destinations record their strongest Q1 2024 visitor arrivals ever as hotel investment accelerates across Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Eastern Caribbean.

Caribbean tourism set Q3 2023 records across all major destinations with the Dominican Republic on track for 9 million annual arrivals, as FDI into regional hotel and resort development reached US$3.2 billion in commitments through September.

Our Mid-Year 2023 Six-Month Special Edition covers 4 January to 3 July 2023 — six months in which Caribbean tourism continued its record-breaking post-COVID surge, the Federal Reserve pressed on with rate hikes as inflation gradually moderated, Guyana’s oil output approached 300,000 bpd, and the short-term rental revolution reshaped property investment strategies across the region.

Our Year-End 2022 Six-Month Special Edition covers 4 July to 3 January 2023 — six months in which the Caribbean posted its best tourism year since 2019, global interest rates rose sharply with severe affordability implications, Hurricane Ian devastated southwest Florida with knock-on effects for Caribbean insurance markets, and Guyana’s oil production continued its dramatic expansion.

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we assess the full extent of Caribbean economic contraction, the Dominican Republic’s outperformance, Guyana’s oil-fuelled exception, and a property market that defied predictions with unexpected resilience.

One year after COVID-19 upended Caribbean tourism and economies, we assess the region’s property market performance: GDP contractions documented, Dominican Republic’s remarkable resilience noted, and property prices holding against all expectations.

Caribbean nations launch their first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in February 2021, as Trinidad Carnival is cancelled for a second consecutive year. We examine vaccine rollout progress, tourism restart plans and what the Dominican Republic’s continued openness reveals about regional recovery.

Caribbean tourism reopenings are gathering momentum as the digital nomad revolution reshapes regional property demand. Jamaica’s Resilient Corridors are building occupancy, the Barbados Welcome Stamp continues to generate extraordinary global attention, and luxury property sales are emerging from the pandemic freeze.

June 2019 is dominated by the Dominican Republic hotel deaths crisis and its ripple effects across Caribbean tourism — while investment in Jamaica, Barbados, and the short-term rental market remains strong.

The Dominican Republic’s hotel safety crisis has sent shockwaves through Caribbean tourism and property investment circles. We examine the crisis, the regional response, and why the Caribbean’s hotel investment pipeline remains fundamentally sound despite the turbulence.

Trinidad Carnival 2018 electrified Port of Spain on 12–13 February, delivering a bumper economic performance for the twin-island state. The Dominican Republic’s property market is booming partly on storm-diverted tourism, Dominica’s reconstruction gathers pace, and Caribbean interest rates are beginning a gradual upward drift.