Hurricane Beryl damaged 8,700 homes and contracted Jamaica’s economy by 2.8%, even as the Bank of Jamaica began cutting rates and the NHT announced 15,000 new affordable solutions. October 2024’s review examines a market defined by contradiction — and cautious hope.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall across Jamaica four days ago, devastating southern parishes and exposing the deep vulnerabilities of a housing market already strained by high rates, constrained supply and a 150,000-unit deficit. July 2024’s review examines what the storm means for buyers, renters, and the road ahead.

Renting property in Jamaica can be a straightforward process when you understand the common practices, expectations, and legal standards that apply. This…

With the Bank of Jamaica’s rate held at 7.00% for eleven consecutive months and a new starter home programme just announced, Jamaica’s housing market in spring 2024 is poised at an inflection point. This review asks what comes next — and whether policy ambition can finally match delivery.

Jamaica, with its beautiful landscapes, vibrant culture, and welcoming people, is a destination that attracts millions of tourists every year. As we…

Seven months at peak rates, a record tourism year and an election on the horizon: Jamaica’s housing market begins 2024 waiting for the turn that the data says is coming — but that has not yet arrived.

With the BOJ rate anchored at 7.00% and global monetary tightening at its most intense in a generation, Jamaica’s housing market in October 2023 is bearing the full weight of a monetary policy that has done its job — but not yet finished paying its price.

With the BOJ rate reaching its tightening cycle peak of 7.00%, Jamaica’s housing market in July 2023 is navigating a summer of suppressed demand, construction cost pressures and a tourism boom that is complicating long-term rental affordability in resort communities.

SVB’s collapse, Credit Suisse’s rescue and a rate cycle approaching its peak: Jamaica’s housing market in spring 2023 is navigating a global financial environment that has rarely been more turbulent — and a local affordability crisis that has rarely been more acute.

Inflation above 10%, a war in Ukraine that sent commodity prices soaring, and a rate-tightening cycle that has fundamentally changed the mortgage mathematics: Jamaica’s housing market begins 2023 taking stock of a bruising year and looking for reasons to believe the worst is over.