An Honest Look at a Very Messy Question
This question has followed me into meetings, voice notes, DMs, even supermarket aisles:
“Dean, has Hurricane Melissa pushed property prices down in Jamaica?”
I’m going to be straight with you.
Short answer: we don’t 100% know yet.
We don’t have the full data, we don’t have parish-level indices, and anyone talking as if they’re quoting the Bible on this is overconfident.
What I can say, based on training as a chartered building professional, project manager, surveyor and realtor, and a life split between Jamaica and the UK, is this:
Melissa hasn’t given us a clean price crash. It has probably reshuffled value. It has changed where is attractive, what is bankable, and who is willing to take on certain risks.
This is my take. It’s opinion backed by experience, not a final verdict written in stone. And I want that to be very clear from the start!
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Where We Were Before Melissa Hit
Before we talk about prices going down, we need to remember what the market lo…
