Topic: Rent
From immigration to infrastructure: 5 key issues for the next election
Under six months out from the general election a handful of key issues, including population growth, cruise tourism and rising rents, are emerging as hot-button topics for the nascent political parties and teams.
Hit or miss? Interest rate control and other policy ideas unpacked
In recent weeks and months, several policy ideas have been bandied about, from establishing a body to control interest rates, to setting a new minimum wage for the islands, to formalising how import concessions are done. Simon Cawdery takes a look at a number of these policy ideas in a bid to sort out the wheat from the chaff.
Special report: Cost-of-living soars in COVID’s aftermath
Cayman residents are facing a triple whammy of rising prices on fuel, food and rent, with the cost-of-living rocketing as the island looks to rebound from COVID-19. In a special report today we look at how inflation is impacting everyone in Cayman in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Rents rise nearly 20% within a year
Tenants will already have noticed the hit to their bank accounts, as the latest rental cost figures from the Economics and Statistics Office show a 19.7% increase in rents during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period a year earlier.
