Browsing: housing deficit

Record cement sales, a 40,000-unit NHT pipeline, $542 million in remittances, and billions in road infrastructure sit alongside a 5.9 per cent economic contraction and cautious buyers. What is Jamaica’s property market actually telling us in mid-2026?

For decades, Jamaica’s housing debate has focused on a familiar question: how can the country build enough homes to meet…

As Jamaicans grapple with rising costs, climate threats and global instability, the island’s property market continues to display a resilience…

Hurricane Melissa, a shrinking economy, global conflict, and a housing crisis have transformed Jamaica’s real estate market. The result is…

Across Jamaica and the Caribbean, unfinished homes are becoming symbols of climate anxiety, economic pressure, migration, family breakdown, and survival…

The release of the Auditor General’s audit into Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa relief response has triggered uncomfortable but increasingly unavoidable questions…

After hurricanes, COVID 19, and global instability, Jamaica’s property market is revealing the quiet pressure facing vulnerable economies worldwide.As of…

Unplanned communities are raising infrastructure costs, limiting land use, and deepening Jamaica’s housing divideThe Government has renewed warnings about the…

Why global retirement advice breaks down locally, and when it still quietly works on the north coast The idea sounds…

A $1.99 billion NHT-backed development expands access to affordable homes and serviced lots, highlighting both progress and the scale of…

After Hurricane Melissa, rising prices, foreign currency listings, and structural inequality are exposing a deeper truth about who the housing…

A move from scattered housing schemes to fully planned communities, testing whether scale can finally close Jamaica’s housing gapJamaica is…

The island is modernising fast, but what if the very success it seeks begins to erode the reason people love…

Throughout the process of purchasing and selling a property, a lot of language related to real estate is utilized. Jamaica…

Jamaica’s call for reparations is no longer about the past — it is about survival in the present.The words were…