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Hurricanes, tropical storms, and their devastating impact on Jamaican homes, communities, and the property market.
The Government has promised another allocation for Jamaica’s hurricane-recovery grants, offering some reassurance to approximately 50,000 households that registered for…
ANALYSIS | KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nine months after Hurricane Melissa killed 58 people, displaced 12,000, and inflicted an estimated US$2.4…
NEGRIL, Jamaica — Nine months ago today, Hurricane Melissa made landfall near this resort town as a Category 4 storm,…
After two devastating hurricanes in two years and with climate scientists projecting more intense storm seasons ahead, the question of what climate risk means for Jamaica’s coastal and low-lying property values is no longer theoretical.
Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026Today marks the final deadline for National Housing Trust mortgagors still recovering from Hurricane Melissa to…
The government has committed billions through the NHT’s ROOFS programme and related initiatives in response to Hurricane Melissa’s housing destruction, with thousands of claims still being processed.
The NHT’s six-month mortgage moratorium for Hurricane Melissa-affected parishes is closing, with 36,000 accounts resuming payments and a final extension window open until 30 June.
An $9-billion NHT-backed housing development in St Thomas brings both scale and resilience requirements, as Jamaica tries to rebuild with stronger homes than the ones Melissa destroyed.
With 200,000 Jamaican families lacking secure land tenure and the next hurricane season already open, experts warn the conditions that made Melissa so destructive remain largely unchanged.
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026 A tenfold increase in applications for modular building system assessments has landed on the desk…
As Jamaica’s hurricane relief programme moves forward, containerised housing units are providing temporary shelter for families displaced by Hurricane Melissa, while raising longer term questions about safe land use.
As rebuilding continues after Hurricane Melissa, government and developers are placing new emphasis on storm resilient construction, a shift that could eventually reshape how Jamaican homes are valued.
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?
Prime Minister Holness’s message at the Malvern housing handover, build within your means on land that won’t flood, captures how generational wealth is actually built in Jamaica, and why land title matters more than ever after Hurricane Melissa.
Kingston, Jamaica, 22 June 2026The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has opened with its most favourable forecast in more than a…