remittances

With remittances accounting for roughly 20 percent of Jamaica’s GDP and diaspora buyers providing critical demand at every price point from residential lots to luxury villas, the connection between overseas Jamaicans and the property market is structural, not incidental.

With nearly three-quarters of Jamaica’s remittances sourced from the United States and over a million Jamaicans living there, shifts in US immigration enforcement are not just a human story. They are a property market story.

The government’s appeal to the Jamaican diaspora to invest in private real estate has direct implications for property demand, pricing, and the availability of affordable housing. Here is what buyers need to understand.

Record cement sales, a 40,000-unit NHT pipeline, $542 million in remittances, and billions in road infrastructure sit alongside a 5.9 per cent economic contraction and cautious buyers. What is Jamaica’s property market actually telling us in mid-2026?

The Government is encouraging Jamaicans living overseas to invest more heavily in Jamaica’s growing housing market, arguing that increased diaspora…

Britain’s housing crisis has become one of the defining economic and social issues of the modern era. House prices remain…

Jamaica is reportedly in discussions with the United States regarding a Third Country Nationals agreement that could see non-Jamaican deportees…

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Bruce Golding’s reflections on Cuba offer a timely reminder of how diplomacy, trade and regional cooperation continue to shape Jamaica’s…

Havana, Cuba, 5 June 2026Cuba’s economic and humanitarian crisis appears to be entering a more dangerous phase as worsening power…

A war thousands of miles away. Rising oil prices in distant markets. Political uncertainty in major economies. Shifts in international…

Georgetown, Guyana, 2 June 2026Guyana is preparing to launch a new diaspora investment bond aimed at giving overseas Guyanese a…

Jamaica’s decision to recruit nurses from Ghana after ending its long-standing Cuban medical programme has sparked an uncomfortable question. Did…

There is a quiet conversation happening across Jamaica right now.Not the loud political debates or the endless economic arguments that…

Foreign capital into Britain cools after record highsOverseas investment into UK commercial property has slowed sharply, according to new figures…