Jamaica history

“To father a child is divine. But to father a nation—that is destiny.” – Dean Jones, Founder of Jamaica Homes…

The first quarter of 2025 opened with Jamaica’s political landscape freshly settled by a general election and the country’s fiscal…

Jamaica’s property market opened 2025 in a state that practitioners describe as purposeful rather than frenetic — a market that…

The final quarter of 2024 arrived against a geopolitical backdrop that was reconfiguring itself with unusual speed. Donald J. Trump’s…

530 years of land struggle shaped Jamaica’s property market today. Taíno communal ownership collapsed under Spanish conquest in 1494. The…

Jamaica’s property market closes 2024 as the most active year since the diaspora-fuelled boom of 2021, with transaction volumes in…

The third quarter of 2024 opened with a catastrophe and closed with a landmark. On 3 July, Hurricane Beryl made…

Jamaica’s third quarter of 2024 has consolidated the recovery that began in late 2023 into something more durable: a broad-based improvement in volumes across price segments, sustained price appreciation in the mid-market, and a north coast benefiting from another exceptional summer season. With the election calendar entering its active phase and the BOJ’s easing approaching completion, the market’s final quarter of 2024 will determine whether the recovery has legs into the election year.

Tourism exceeds pre-pandemic records with 3.10 million arrivals and US$3.8 billion in receipts — the sector’s best performance in Jamaica’s…

The second quarter of 2024 brought two events that encapsulated the range of Jamaica’s ambitions and anxieties. In late May,…

With a general election due no later than September 2025 and the BOJ’s easing cycle adding further fuel to the market’s recovery, Jamaica’s property sector enters the second half of 2024 in its most active state since the 2021 peak. Pre-election policy commitments on housing, the continued improvement in mortgage affordability, and another strong tourism season are sustaining a momentum that market participants are approaching with cautious confidence.

Imagine stepping into a world where the past and present collide, where ancient windmills stand as silent sentinels to bygone…

The first quarter of 2024 delivered Jamaica’s most successful winter tourism season on record — a peak of visitor arrivals…

The Bank of Jamaica’s rate-cutting cycle accelerated through the opening quarter of 2024 as inflation returned within the target range, delivering meaningful relief to mortgage affordability for the first time since the 2021-22 tightening began. The property market’s response has been tangible: transaction volumes are up materially on Q1 2023, developer pre-sales are absorbing at the strongest pace in two years, and the buyer confidence that had been suppressed through the adjustment period is returning with it.

As October gave way to December 2023, Jamaica’s economic managers confronted a world of contrasting signals: the opening winter tourism…