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From cleared development sites and missing titles to mortgage relief and a new ethical code, Jamaica’s property week exposed the uneasy machinery behind the national dream of ownership.
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept in property markets. Globally, AI is already reshaping how properties are valued,…
A retrospective survey of the Jamaica property market from 2002 to 2026, identifying the structural themes, recurring patterns, and defining events that shaped two and a half decades of property investment on the island — from the boom cycle’s post-crisis gathering, through the hurricane years and the global financial crisis, through the debt decade’s fiscal squeeze and the long recovery, through COVID-19’s border-closure shock, to the post-pandemic surge and the normalisation that the current market represents.
A comprehensive quarterly review of Jamaica’s property market from April to June 2026, covering the BOJ’s hold at 5.50%, inflation returning to 4.3% within target, the Realtors Association confirming 2025 full-year property sales of J$99.3 billion, Vista Montego Bay’s final towers commencing this month, the Unico Hotel opening, RIU’s expansion signal, the NHT’s 41,000+ housing pipeline delivering through the reconstruction economy, and the first signs of a property market recalibrating from crisis to cautious confidence.
Artificial intelligence is not a distant concern for Jamaica’s property market. It is already reshaping the jobs that pay mortgages, the tools that agents use to list properties, and the platforms that connect buyers and sellers across borders.
Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026 Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has renewed his call for Jamaicans in the diaspora to…
Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026Global commercial real estate lending reached an all-time high in April 2026, according to data from…
Kingston, Jamaica — 26 June 2026 Jamaica’s diaspora — the more than one million Jamaicans living abroad, primarily in the…
For hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans living abroad, the question of returning home is never purely financial. It is emotional, generational, and deeply personal — and it is reshaping Jamaica’s property market from the ground up.
There are moments in history when humanity crosses a threshold so profound that the world on the other side bears…
Investment firm Quantas Advantage says real estate remains one of its strongest areas of opportunity, even as Jamaica’s property market shows signs of a slower transaction pace in 2026.
From Blessing the Land to Building WealthKINGSTON, Jamaica — In 1980, Jamaica’s economy was worth approximately US$2.6 billion. Most families…
Whether you’re buying a home in Kingston, Montego Bay, Mandeville, or returning home to build in Clarendon or Portland, navigating…
By Dean Jones, Realtor Associate at Coldwell Banker Jamaica Realty and Founder of Jamaica Homes On May 29, 2025, the…
By Dean Jones, Realtor Associate at Coldwell Banker Jamaica Realty & Founder of Jamaica Homes In my time, I’ve…