Kingston, Jamaica, 2 September 2026 Single-family home construction in the United States declined in nearly every geographic category in the second quarter…

Saint Lucia’s Government will guarantee a US$20 million facility between its development bank and Taiwan Eximbank to widen mortgage access for low- and middle-income families.

A 2025 national count found 2,442 homeless people across all 14 parishes, almost half in Kingston and St Andrew, according to the latest Economic and Social Survey Jamaica.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will build a programme to formalise irregular settlements and prevent new squatting, following the Cooper’s Pen demolitions.

The White House signalled this week that President Trump is considering a significant change to how home sale profits are taxed, floating…

Andy Burnham became UK Prime Minister on 20 July 2026, immediately raising the prospect of rent controls for England—the first sitting Prime Minister to do so. Against that political backdrop, the housing market data for the past month has shown prices barely growing at £299,253, mortgage rates remaining elevated amid global uncertainty, rents hitting record highs in six of nine UK regions despite slowing nationally, and the new administration launching a VAT consultation on social housing land. For Jamaican diaspora investors and housing policymakers, the convergence of political change and market fragility in Britain carries direct and immediate relevance.

The week of 7 August brought the first Making Tax Digital quarterly filing deadline for UK landlords earning above £50,000 — a compliance milestone most were unprepared for. Alongside it: Andy Burnham’s VAT removal on electricity from October, NRLA data showing 41 percent of landlords considering selling in 2026, the approaching launch of the national PRS database, and the Good Landlord Charter arriving in Downing Street as a potential national policy template. For Jamaican diaspora investors with UK property, the compliance demands of the past month have been substantial and cumulative.

New research from Crisis and Citizens Advice has found that fewer than two in every hundred private rental properties listed in Britain are now affordable for people receiving housing benefit. With more than 100 renters a day seeking help, foodbank referrals up 80%, and the October Budget approaching as the last realistic opportunity to act, the findings expose a structural failure in the link between state support and the real cost of housing. The dynamics have direct resonance for Jamaica, where no equivalent support mechanism exists and where the gap between working incomes and housing costs is quietly widening.

Kingston, Jamaica, 5 August 2026 While London’s property market falls and England’s overall price growth remains subdued, Northern Ireland has emerged as…

UK private rents rose 3.3 percent in the year to June 2026, reaching £1,388 per month on average, as the market cooled from its 2023 peak but remained structurally undersupplied by 25 percent relative to pre-pandemic levels. The data confirms that slower rent growth is not the same as improved affordability. For Jamaica, where equivalent rental data does not exist, the UK’s comprehensive market intelligence points to what is possible when housing policy is built on evidence.