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Selling quickly in Jamaica requires more than putting up a sign, uploading a few photographs and waiting for the telephone…
The Government has reaffirmed its commitment to judicial independence, describing the courts’ ability to scrutinise executive action as an essential…
A retrospective survey of the Jamaica property market from 2002 to 2026, identifying the structural themes, recurring patterns, and defining events that shaped two and a half decades of property investment on the island — from the boom cycle’s post-crisis gathering, through the hurricane years and the global financial crisis, through the debt decade’s fiscal squeeze and the long recovery, through COVID-19’s border-closure shock, to the post-pandemic surge and the normalisation that the current market represents.
A comprehensive quarterly review of Jamaica’s property market from April to June 2026, covering the BOJ’s hold at 5.50%, inflation returning to 4.3% within target, the Realtors Association confirming 2025 full-year property sales of J$99.3 billion, Vista Montego Bay’s final towers commencing this month, the Unico Hotel opening, RIU’s expansion signal, the NHT’s 41,000+ housing pipeline delivering through the reconstruction economy, and the first signs of a property market recalibrating from crisis to cautious confidence.
Kingston, Jamaica — 1 July 2026 The National Housing Trust has launched an Advance Deposit Loan for contributors aged 35…
Kingston, Jamaica — 1 July 2026 The National Housing Trust has introduced a suite of policy changes effective July 1,…
Kingston, Jamaica — 26 June 2026 Jamaica’s diaspora — the more than one million Jamaicans living abroad, primarily in the…
The Week That Quietly Shaped the MarketIf you only looked at the headlines this week, you might conclude that Jamaica’s…
If you only looked at the headlines this week, you might conclude that Jamaica’s property sector is simply continuing along…
Kingston, Jamaica — 12 June 2026 Jamaica’s real estate market generated nearly J$99.3 billion in property sales in 2025 despite…
Kingston, Jamaica — 18 May 2026 Jamaica’s diaspora community is deepening its engagement with the domestic real estate market at…
St. Mary, Jamaica — 24 April 2026 The Prime Minister broke ground for the $1.99-billion Galina Housing Development in St.…
Kingston, Jamaica — 19 April 2026 The National Housing Trust’s Extended Mortgage Financing Programme has passed J$33 billion in mortgage…
A comprehensive quarterly review of Jamaica’s property market from January to March 2026, covering the BOJ’s February rate cut to 5.50%, a record 1,377 building permit applications worth J$68.8 billion in the quarter, Carib Cement’s all-time record month in February, the Melissa damage cost climbing to J$1.95 trillion, the NHT managing 41,000+ housing solutions, and the first signs of a market reorganising itself around the demands of the largest reconstruction in Jamaica’s history.
Kingston, Jamaica — 22 March 2026 Deciding whether to purchase a home in Jamaica remains one of the most significant…
