KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s housing crisis is entering a troubling new chapter. Across the country, ageing apartment blocks are deteriorating, household expenses…

The Senate has approved investment regulations allowing Jamaican pension funds to hold up to 7.5 per cent of assets in private investments, rising to 10 per cent in April 2027. The change could, over time, open a new source of long-term finance for housing and development.

Homes are still selling, but buyers are asking harder questions, sellers are being forced to reconsider their expectations, and the dream of…

Jamaica’s pandemic property boom opened doors for some buyers and created expensive commitments for others. Years later, the real measure of homeownership may be less about rising prices than the lives people can afford to lead.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is set to remain Jamaica Labour Party leader for another year, but attention now turns to whether political continuity can deliver more affordable homes, stronger communities and faster reconstruction.

Jamaica’s housing market may be reaching for the sky, but for many ordinary Jamaicans, the dream of owning a home is becoming…

Billions in insurance settlements, a deepening land ownership debate, expensive rebuilding decisions and an expanding north coast property market have exposed a difficult question: Is Jamaica building communities that ordinary Jamaicans can afford, maintain and call their own?

Barbados’ Minister of Finance has linked improved credit ratings to returning private investment at the opening of a 32-unit waterfront condominium in Bridgetown. The project is one of several reshaping the capital’s coastline.

Jamaica recorded an estimated J$280.9 billion in building and planning applications during 2025, a figure that points to an extraordinary level of…

Kingston, Jamaica, 23 September 2026 Jamaica is preparing to court significantly greater levels of international investment in housing, energy, water, transport and…