Browsing: Housing Finance

Kingston, Jamaica — 18 March 2026 The Government has allocated approximately $67 billion towards relief and recovery efforts following Hurricane…

Kingston, Jamaica — 3 March 2026 A major U.S. property investor has announced plans to convert a US$5 billion real…

The NHT’s output is the strongest in its history, yet Jamaica still falls short by some 15,000 homes a year. An honest look at what the Trust is, and what it is being asked to become.

Kingston, Jamaica — Global financial uncertainty heading into 2026 is sharpening questions about where capital will flow next, and what…

All eligible NHT contributors can now take their annual refund in cash, ending a split that favoured public sector workers. For would-be buyers, it is a quiet boost toward a deposit.

The National Housing Trust has been told to stop building homes above $14 million, a direct attempt to stop public lending from fuelling the price inflation it is meant to ease.

The National Housing Trust has lifted its loan ceiling to $9 million and cut interest rates to as low as zero, a move that reshapes who can realistically afford to own in Jamaica.

A common criticism says the NHT does not build enough houses. But the law that created it framed it as a financier, not a builder. The real question is whether that founding purpose still fits.

Each January, hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans reclaim NHT contributions, billions in all. Used toward a deposit, the refund is a quiet but real building block toward ownership.

The Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan is a comprehensive framework designed to transform Jamaica into a place where people…

The NHT has lifted its Housing Microfinance Loan ceiling to almost $2 million and widened eligibility, strengthening a small but vital bridge to ownership for lower-income Jamaicans.

In 2016 the NHT moved its lowest-earning contributors to zero per cent interest, a shift that reset who could realistically borrow toward a home and shaped a decade of housing policy.