Buying, Selling & Renting

Jamaica is in a moment of recovery. Not the kind you rush. Not the kind you announce and move on from. The kind where people are still drying walls, fixing roofs, reopening businesses, recalculating plans, and quietly deciding what comes next. After Hurricane Melissa tore through western parishes, leaving billions in losses and families adjusting to a new normal, the island has done what it has always...

Jamaica has always been a country that knows how to recover. From storms to setbacks, we rebuild — sometimes slowly, sometimes painfully — but always with resilience. In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, many families are still putting roofs back in place, fixing fences, replacing documents, and re-establishing a sense of normalcy. For some, thoughts of buying a home may feel distant or even...

There is a quiet moment in every housing market when numbers stop being just numbers and begin to tell a story. Jamaica’s emergence of one-bedroom apartments priced beyond $50 million is one such moment. Not because it is unprecedented globally, but because of what it says about where Jamaican real estate has come from—and where it may be heading next. To understand why this matters, it helps to...

There is something deeply revealing about a house when it has stood through a storm. In Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa, many homes are no longer simply places to live. They are records. They show where the wind tested the roof, where the rain found a weakness, where families gathered themselves together and decided—quietly—what to fix first and what could wait. And now, in the midst of this...

In Jamaica, the idea of “home” runs deep. It is not just four walls and a roof; it is legacy, resilience, family, and future wrapped into one. For many, owning a home is still one of life’s greatest milestones — a sign that you have planted something solid in the ground. But as the country continues to rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, and as families steady themselves emotionally...

Dean Jones’ House-hunting in 2045 is not, despite first impressions, a piece of speculative futurism designed to dazzle readers with shiny technology. It is something far more uncomfortable and far more useful: a provocation. It asks Jamaicans—especially policymakers, planners, professionals, and investors—to confront a simple question now, not in 2045: are we preparing young Jamaicans to inherit a...

Jamaica has just come through Hurricane Melissa — not only in wind and rain, but in emotion, disruption, and reflection. Roofs are being fixed, communities are steadying themselves, families are taking stock, and priorities are being quietly rearranged. In moments like these, conversations about housing must be handled with care — not bravado, not pressure, and certainly not fear-driven...

There is a particular rhythm to residential development in Jamaica. You see it when you pass a cleared parcel of land that was bush only months ago, now edged with kerbs and optimism. You hear it in the language of brochures and site hoardings — modern living, gated community, an opportunity. And you feel it most clearly in the confidence of developers who know the market is ready, demand is present,...

There is a particular moment—often unannounced—when the idea of owning a home stops being abstract. It’s no longer something for “later” or “one day”. It becomes immediate. Personal. Almost philosophical. In Jamaica, that moment has arrived for many people, though not always comfortably. The island has just endured Hurricane Melissa, and in its wake the conversation about home has...

Jamaica has always known how to rebuild. Not in the glossy, headline-friendly way, but in the real way—slow mornings after hard nights, neighbours checking on neighbours, zinc roofs patched before dreams are repainted, and families quietly deciding what comes next. In the shadow of Hurricane Melissa, many Jamaicans are still finding their footing, recalculating priorities, and asking not just where...