Jamaican property law

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026. Family land is one of the most distinctively Jamaican institutions in the island’s property landscape,…

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026. A clear line has now been drawn under one of Jamaica’s most persistent land problems.…

The case for reforming Jamaica’s adverse possession law has been made, in various forms, by lawyers, journalists, Privy Council justices,…

In Jamaica, buying a home is often seen as the ultimate milestone. It is the point where aspiration becomes brick…

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Buying a home is rarely just a transaction. It is a moment of intent — a decision to put down…

Got you. This needs to feel grounded, Jamaican-first, thoughtful, and steady — not techno-utopian, not tone-deaf, and definitely not copy-paste…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 August 2025. Jamaica is in the process of digitising its land registry, and the implications of that…

Kingston, Jamaica, 25 June 2025. Jamaica has two adverse possession periods operating in parallel, and the difference between them says…

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In real estate, few phrases cause more confusion than the words “the offer has been accepted.” To buyers, those words…

At Jamaica Homes, we believe that understanding your rights as a property owner is essential. Did you know that the…

Kingston, Jamaica, 11 August 2022. When the then president of the Jamaican Bar Association said publicly in 2022 that adverse…

Kingston, Jamaica, 13 April 2018. A buyer in St Catherine purchased a property in or around 2014 having been told…

Kingston, Jamaica, 5 December 2016. The doctrine of adverse possession operates across the entire common law Caribbean, not only in…