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Verified doctors, contractors and agents across 14 parishes, sourced rankings, and cited answers about building, buying and living in Jamaica.

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4,795Listings across Jamaica
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125Editorial rankings
18Sourced guides

Rebuild Jamaica

Build back with people you can check.

After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica secured a US$6.7 billion, three-year reconstruction package. The contractors, roofers, electricians and suppliers listed here are matched to public registers wherever a register exists, and labelled Listed where it does not.

IMFSource: International Monetary Fund, Jamaica country page (Press Release 25/400)checked

Parishes

Every parish, one page.

Providers, rankings and property notes for each of Jamaica's 14 parishes.

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Rankings

The most-read rankings.

Ordered by editors, never by payment. Each list says how it was chosen.

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Guides

Procedures, step by step.

Titles, permits, TRN, NHT, customs for returning residents. Every step names the agency and the source.

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  • Property
    Stamp duty, transfer tax and closing costs
    The current transfer tax rate and who pays it, the stamp duty and NLA registration fee that are shared, title search and search certificate fees, and the other costs that turn a purchase price into a completion statement, each with the TAJ or NLA page it comes from.
    Updated 21 Aug 2026
  • Rebuild
    Solar and backup power for a Jamaican home
    Who may legally install and certify a home system, how JPS net billing works including the licence, fees and capacity limits, what the OUR pays for exported power, and the GCT exemption and income tax credit that still apply in 2026.
    Updated 21 Aug 2026
  • Returning
    Setting up a Jamaican bank account from abroad
    What Jamaican banks publish about opening an account while you still live overseas, the documents every one of them asks for, and which ones accept notarised applications by mail or through a representative office.
    Updated 21 Aug 2026
  • Returning
    Returning resident status and duty concessions
    Who qualifies as a Returning Resident, what you can bring in without paying duty, what the motor vehicle rule really is, and the documents the Jamaica Customs Agency asks for at the interview.
    Updated 21 Aug 2026
  • Rebuild
    Rebuilding a roof after Hurricane Melissa
    What the Government and the building code say a roof must do, how hurricane straps and wall-plate anchoring should be used, when a roof job needs building permission and inspection, and the assessment you need before any ROOFS grant.
    Updated 21 Aug 2026
  • Property
    NHT benefits and how to qualify
    Who must contribute and at what rate, the loan types and the limits that took effect in June 2025, the interest bands, the Home Grant, refunds in the eighth year, the overseas voluntary contributor route, and the documents on the NHT's March 2026 checklist.
    Updated 21 Aug 2026

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Medical Council, Real Estate Board, NCC contractor register, JIE and JIA member lists, Trade Board. Every match links to the register entry and shows when it was checked.

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