Caribbean: Economic Freedom Rating, 5-Yr Change
Regional Stats
| Trinidad & T. |
2.07%
|
| Dom. Rep. |
1.32%
|
| Barbados |
0.00%
|
| Belize |
-1.03%
|
| Jamaica |
-1.21%
|
| Haiti |
-3.18%
|
| Bahamas |
-3.23%
|
| Cuba |
-21.70%
|
Caribbean: Economic freedom index, 5-year change
Increased economic freedom is strongly associated with high GDP growth, and therefore with rises in residential property prices. Changes in a country’s score on the Heritage Foundation’s freedom index are calculated by the Global Property Guide to produce a 5-point rating:
- Greatly Improved
- Improved
- Nuetral
- Worse
- Much Worse
Source: Calculated using figures from The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal
Statistics for the Caribbean. Statistical work in the Caribbean is weak, and house price statistics are almost non-existent. The partial exception is the US Virgin Islands, which benefits from a multiple listings system.
JULY 2008
MAY 2008
- Megacities: boundless growth? (pdf) - Deutsche Bank research
- International residential review (pdf) - Knight Frank
APRIL 2008
- What 1 million Euros buys in worldwide homes - Forbes
- Real Estate Growth Firm Despite Crisis - The St. Petersburg Times
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Jan 15, 2008 - Global housing markets in review and some forecasts for 2008
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May 23, 2007 - The move to the sun
Nov 20, 2006 - The global property housing boom
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Aug 24, 2006
