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The Climate for Caribbean Home Financing
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Recent interest rate increases have certainly given pause to buyers considering plunking down cash on a new Caribbean home. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How to Move to St Croix, Explained
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI For Jill Cherubin, managing broker for Christie’s International Real Estate US Virgin Islands, the best part about her decision to live in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was the diverse cultures and …
Subscribe or Log in to read.What’s the Climate Like for Caribbean Hotel Financing?
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Despite a less-than-sunny outlook for the U.S. hotel market due to higher interest rates, the outlook for Caribbean hotels is more positive. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority …
Subscribe or Log in to read.After Setting New Record, Turks and Caicos Real Estate Keeps Surging
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI After a history-making year in 2021, which reached $765 million in closed transactions, Turks and Caicos continued its strong performance in 2022, totaling $553 million in sales according to a new report from Turks and Caicos …
Subscribe or Log in to read.10 Caribbean Hotel and Residential Projects to Keep an Eye On
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI From Jamaica’s first UNICO hotel to JW Marriott’s first residential resort in the region, the Caribbean development pipeline continues to grow. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on …
Subscribe or Log in to read.What’s Ahead for Caribbean Real Estate in 2023?
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Since the onset of the pandemic, the Caribbean has been one of the hottest real estate markets in the world. But does the future hold for the market after nearly three years …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How to Move to Antigua and Barbuda, Explained
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The desire by homeowners created by COVID-19 to work remotely has resulted in a real estate boom in the Caribbean and perhaps no other island is benefitting as much as Antigua and Barbuda. This …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How to Move to The Bahamas, Explained
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The Bahamas has been one of the hottest real estate destinations in the last two-and-a-half years, with a pandemic-fueled boom that has not yet subsided. This story is part of Caribbean Journal …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How to Move to the Dominican Republic, Explained
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Beautiful, seemingly innumerable beaches; mountain peaks and surf towns; charming villages and state-of-the-art resort communities. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real estate and tourism …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How Crypto Has Been Driving Bahamas Real Estate
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Many experts agree that using cryptocurrency may become the way of the future in Caribbean real estate transactions. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority on Caribbean hotel, real …
Subscribe or Log in to read.From Turks and Caicos to Puerto Rico, More Buyers Are Building Their Own Homes
By Joe Pike Whether it’s to save money or to take the interior designing reigns of a new home, more potential home owners are looking at vacant lots in the Caribbean over existing real estate. This story is part …
Subscribe or Log in to read.The Caribbean’s Hottest Residential Real Estate Projects
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Residential real estate in the Caribbean is, in a word, booming. And that’s been accompanied by a wave of new residential real estate projects, from private islands to branded residential resorts to …
Subscribe or Log in to read.This Caribbean Real Estate Market’s “Supernova” Year
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Turks and Caicos real estate just completed a “supernova” year, according to the latest report from Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty. This story is part of Caribbean Journal Invest, the authority …
Subscribe or Log in to read.Dominica’s Citizenship by Investment Program, Explained
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Dominica’s Citizenship by Investment Program (CBIP) was launched in 1993, making it one of the longest-standing such programs in the world and has garnered a solid reputation for its transparency and efficiency. …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How to Obtain Citizenship by Investment in Antigua and Barbuda
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Antigua and Barbuda is among the Caribbean destinations that continues to benefit from the pandemic’s influence on peoples’ desire to own a place to retreat to during a crisis. This story is …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How to Obtain Citizenship in This Caribbean Country Right Now
By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The short answer to why St. Kitts and Nevis’ citizenship by invest program (CIP) has been so popular since its 1984 inception is visa-free travel and a strong reputation. But there is …
Subscribe or Log in to read.Watch the Caribbean Luxury Real Estate Outlook 2022
A panel of prominent real estate experts joined Caribbean Journal Invest this week for the Caribbean Luxury Real Estate Outlook 2022. The nearly two-hour conference covered everything from the Cayman Islands’ real estate surge to the hotbed of private …
Subscribe or Log in to read.The Next Great Caribbean Waterfront Downtown Is in St Thomas
By Alexander Britell and Guy Britton ST THOMAS — It’s always been one of the most stunning drives in the Caribbean: the waterfront route around the centuries-old downtown of Charlotte Amalie in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. One one side, …
Subscribe or Log in to read.How Hyatt’s Acquisition of ALG Will Change the All-Inclusive Market
By Joe Pike Fernando Garcia-Chacon remembers a simpler day when it comes to running an all-inclusive resort, a time when a mostly three-star Spanish resort designed to attract the masses was run by one company. This story is part …
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