Jamaica NHT expanded benefits 2025

Government slashes electricity GCT, NHT loan limits rise and deposits fall for first-time buyers — yet Jamaica’s housing market faces a rental crisis running at 7.3% inflation and a 150,000-unit deficit. October 2025’s review examines what changed and what still needs to.

Jamaica’s first rate cut in years, 800,000 Airbnb guests annually, new NHT reforms and stabilising inflation — this is Jamaica’s housing market finding a fragile equilibrium. July 2025’s review examines what the progress means and what the market still needs to resolve.

PM Holness’ landmark NHT benefit expansion dominates April housing news. HAJ advances Parnassus, Trelawny. BOJ holds rate at 6% as market digests budget announcements.

US tariffs land 5 days after Jamaica’s most ambitious NHT reforms in a generation are announced, while inflation falls from 7.4% to 4.4% in just months. April 2025’s review assesses Jamaica’s housing market at its most pivotal — and most uncertain — moment in years.

PM Holness unveils sweeping NHT benefit reforms in the March budget debate. Reduced deposits, higher loan ceilings and expanded grants set to reshape Jamaica’s housing market.