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A Sunset Walk on One of the Caribbean’s Most Beautiful Beaches: Grand Anse Beach in Grenada

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Join me for a sunset walk on one of the most picturesque, stunning, magnificent beaches in the whole Caribbean: Grand Anse Beach in Grenada. Grand Anse, the signature stretch of sand on this beautiful island, is a dynamic, living beach: walking here at sunset means encountering everyone and everything, from a beach workout going on […]

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Turks and Caicos Real Estate Continues to Sizzle

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By the Caribbean Journal staff Turks and Caicos is one of the Caribbean’s most sizzling real estate markets — and it’s a trend that continued last year. Turks and Caicos saw overall real estate sales volume of just under $256 million, a 9 percent increase compared to 2017. That’s along with an overall 169 percent […]

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Bubba Gump Comes to Turks and Caicos

By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s a new seafood market in Turks and Caicos, with a famous name. It’s called the Bubba Gump Seafood Market, and the market is the product of five decades of Turks and Caicos fishing experience. The brainchild of Dameko Dean, the first location of Bubba Gump is located in Providenciales’ […]

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John Hix-Designed Home Hits Market in Vieques

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A striking home designed by internationally renowned architect John Hix has hit the market in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Casa Cascadas, or “House of Waterfalls,” is set on a 300-foot mountain ridge, with an ultra-modern brushed concrete design. The eco-friendly, open-plan-layout home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 4,040 interior square feet. It was built in […]


Bubba Gump Comes to Turks and Caicos

By the Caribbean Journal staff After a mostly sluggish first half, the Caribbean’s hotel sector is starting to show signs of strengthening, according to the latest data from hotel analytics firm STR. Caribbean hotels reported a 71.8 percent occupancy rate in July, a 1.4 percent increase over July 2016 that was the region’s third straight […]

How This Caribbean Office Market Is Performing

By James Andrews CJ Contributor The Grand Cayman office market is largely dependent upon the financial services sector, which loosely includes legal services, accounting services, domiciled funds, trusts, and insurance captives. This sector appears relatively stable at present; however, there is increased external scrutiny and pressure for transparency for tax reasons. These issues have not […]

Dorado Beach Estate Hits the Market for $5.3 Million

A luxury estate in the tony Dorado Beach enclave of Puerto Rico has hit the market for $5.3 million, Caribbean Journal has learned. The home in Dorado Beach Estates has been listed with Puerto Rico Sotheby’s International Realty’s Margaret Pena Juvelier. The home boasts a total of 14 rooms in the main house, along with […]

Is This an Untapped Market for Caribbean Tourism?

The United States. The United Kingdom. Canada. These have long been, unsurprisingly, the hubs for travel to the Caribbean. But now the region is looking to expand its tourism numbers — by looking to Europe. Karolin Troubetzkoy, president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, says she sees Germany and other European countries as a region […]

How Jamaica’s Real Estate Market Is Performing

Jamaica is quietly showing a very strong improvement in its real estate market, according to the newest report from Integra Realty Resources. Property transfers in Jamaica reached $665.5 million in 2015, which represented an increase of $9.3 percent, according to the report. The increase in transfer volume, which has been steady since 2009, seems to […]

Grenada’s Real Estate Market Is Booming

The small real estate market in Grenada is booming, according to a new report from Century 21 Grenada Grenadines. The country’s real estate sector saw a 71 percent increase in sales volume last year compared to 2014. Overall real estate sales in Grenada totaled $40.753 million last year, up from $23.8 million in 2014, with […]

The Real Estate Market in the Bahamas Is Surging

While real estate sales are mixed around the region, one market is performing very strongly: the Bahamas. The 700-island archipelago seems to be surging, according to a new report from Integra Realty Resources. The Bahamas saw a 20 percent increase in real estate sales volume last year, according to data from the Bahamas Real Estate […]

Why This Might Be the Caribbean’s Best-Value Luxury Real Estate Market

Is this Caribbean country home to the region’s best-value real estate? The emerging luxury market in Belize offers just that, according to a new report by SANCAS Realty, the exclusive affiliate for Christie’s International Real Estate in Belize. “The mid-term potential of the Belize real estate market is absolutely phenomenal,” according to Christopher Todd, Vice […]