Jamaica’s minimum wage rises to $17,000 per week from July 1, 2026. For landlords, renters, and the broader housing market, the change has layered implications worth understanding.

UK buy-to-let lending rose in Q1 2026, with landlords securing 58,272 new loans worth £10.8 billion, higher than a year earlier despite elevated mortgage rates and the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act. The data signals stabilisation rather than recovery, in a market restructured around larger, more professional investors. For Jamaican diaspora investors navigating the new landscape, the nuance matters more than the headline.

Across apartments and houses, Jamaica’s rental market is operating with constrained availability and upward price pressure. For renters, the search for affordable accommodation has rarely been harder.

Kingston, Jamaica, 29 June 2026A wave of new landlord and tenant rules is taking effect across several American states this summer, from…

As Jamaica’s rental market grows, understanding the basics of tenancy law, from maintenance obligations to lawful eviction, matters more than ever for both renters and landlords.

Hard seasons test every relationship, including the one between landlord and tenant. A reflection on Romans 5, endurance and character when rent, repairs and hardship collide.

In Philippi, a girl’s owners were furious when her freedom cost them their income. An essay on the thin line between earning a fair return from housing and profiting from people who have no other choice.

A retired bus driver bought a small house to let at a low rent to families in need. Seven years on, he writes about what went right, what went wrong and why he would do it again.

A mechanic in Clarendon writes about turning his empty downstairs into a rental: a hard first tenant, a much better second one, and what it taught him about fairness.

A retired nurse who spent decades as a tenant wrestles with whether a Christian should earn money from other people’s need for a roof, now that her own daughter has bought a rental flat.