Exclusive: COB offers 95% financing as lots demand grows Emmanuel Joseph05/05/20260432 views The country’s second-largest credit union is preparing to break ground on a multi-million-dollar housing development in St James, offering 34 serviced lots and a range of modern home designs as… Read more
Grotto set for major overhaul Ricardo Roberts23/04/20260471 views Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Chris Gibbs has announced an “almost immediate” intervention at The Grotto housing complex, in response to mounting pressure from residents who describe the decade-old… Read more
Middle-class seniors struggling despite home ownership Barbados Today22/04/202603.4K views Several middle-class elderly Barbadians, living in what appear to be well-appointed homes, are actually struggling to maintain their houses while also managing their evolving health needs, utility bills and food,… Read more
Don’t fret over Trinis driving homes demand, says economist Ricardo Roberts20/04/20260581 views A growing wave of Trinidadian retirees and investors hunting a “safe haven” is reshaping demand at the top end of the property market, but Barbadian buyers are not being squeezed… Read more
Housing surveys progressing in Six Men’s as MP reports steady pace Ricardo Roberts10/04/20260100 views St Peter MP Colin Jordan said work is “very much active” on the Six Men’s Life Improvement Project, with surveying of house spots in the coastal community progressing steadily and… Read more
Minister calls for better planning, amenities in new housing developments Shamar Blunt01/04/2026073 views Minister of Transport and Works Kirk Humphrey has urged that future public housing projects be designed to make them more liveable, calling for community facilities such as parks, playing fields… Read more
Govt to grant titles to long-time estate residents Ricardo Roberts31/03/20260865 views Thousands of Barbadians living in public housing estates are closer to owning their homes, as a new bill went before Parliament on Tuesday to deliver long-awaited property titles and end… Read more
Landmark housing bill to make tenants homeowners Ricardo Roberts31/03/20260382 views In a move described as a “transformational intervention” for the working class to dismantle a cycle of “intergenerational poverty”, the Mia Mottley administration on Tuesday pushed through landmark legislation that… Read more
PM: Financial institutions shutting low income earners out of homeownership Barbados Today19/03/202607.1K views Government will overhaul Barbados’ land and mortgage systems by year-end in a sweeping push to expand homeownership and make housing more accessible to low-income earners, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has… Read more
DLP, FOD welcome budget relief but warn of long-term uncertainty Emmanuel Joseph17/03/20260252 views The island’s main opposition parties on Tuesday welcomed key budgetary measures announced on Monday by Minister of Finance Ryan Straughn to ease the cost-of-living burden on Barbadians, but insist they… Read more