More Americans Are Buying Real Estate in Barbados

Barbados is in the midst of a real estate transformation — one being driven by second homeowners. And for the first time in three decades, it’s Americans, not Brits, who are fueling the demand.

Between January and September of last year alone, more than 175,000 travelers from the United States arrived in Barbados — a milestone that not only reshaped the island’s tourism market, but also sparked a 25 percent jump in luxury real estate sales. The United States is now Barbados’ number one source market, and that momentum is rippling into property investment.