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.

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A comprehensive quarterly review of Jamaica’s property market from October to December 2025, written in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — the most destructive natural disaster in Jamaica’s recorded history. Covering US$8.8 billion in physical damage, 120,000+ roofless buildings, the government’s National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, the Bank of Jamaica holding at 5.75%, a GDP contraction of 8-13%, and the property market’s first assessments of a changed landscape.

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