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Sales of new build homes in London fell 37 percent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to property consultancy Molior. A record 4,629 new builds worth an estimated £3.5 billion remain unsold, the highest level ever recorded. British owner-occupiers have almost entirely withdrawn, leasehold concerns are deterring buyers, and international investor demand that once sustained the market has faded. For Jamaican developers and investors watching the premium property sector, the London data is both a warning and an illustration of what happens when new build supply outpaces real buyer demand.
A 193 per cent jump in quarterly profit at Sygnus Real Estate Finance, driven by an $806.9 million revaluation of Lakespen industrial park land in St Catherine, tells an important story about where commercial and industrial land value is heading in Jamaica.
The Trelawny Municipal Corporation has vowed to take land grabbers to court after notices and stop orders failed to halt illegal development on land earmarked for public infrastructure. The case has implications for planning enforcement across Jamaica.
Housing Jamaica Today: Crisis, Aspiration and the Question of Home The years since 2020 have placed Jamaica’s housing challenge in…
An $84-million infrastructure contract signals the start of formal land transfer at Bogue Industrial Estate in Montego Bay. The model has wider lessons for commercial and industrial land formalisation across Jamaica.
The Housing Agency of Jamaica is assessing 100 acres of municipal land in St Thomas for potential acquisition, adding momentum to an emerging housing corridor east of Kingston with significant property market implications.
Minister Robert Montague has warned that Jamaicans who occupy Crown land after June 9, 2026 will be permanently barred from government settlement programmes, as the state escalates its crackdown on illegal land occupation and organised land fraud.
Minister Robert Montague has warned that Jamaicans who occupy Crown land after June 9, 2026 will be permanently barred from government settlement programmes, as the state escalates its crackdown on illegal land occupation and organised land fraud.
With residential lots showing the highest absorption rate of any property category in Jamaica and development land attracting both local and diaspora investors, the land market is one of the most telling indicators of where Jamaica’s property sector is heading.
The government’s first full fiscal year budget, tabled in May 2026, delivered on housing in ways that practitioners describe as…
Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026A registered land title is, on paper, just a document. In practice, it is the difference…
An $84-million infrastructure upgrade at Bogue Industrial Estate will pave the way for its formal sale to current occupants, offering a model for land formalisation across Jamaica.
With Jamaica’s land titling rate still at around 60 per cent, the Government’s programme to regularise informal settlements is one of the most consequential long-term forces shaping the property market.
Jamaica’s rural property markets are shaped by persistent inequality, poor infrastructure, and limited policy attention. A Sectoral Debate call for coordinated rural development could change that calculation.
Rising housing fraud targeting home seekers through fake NHT social media accounts is a warning that every buyer, renter, and investor in Jamaica’s property market needs to take seriously.