WHY JOIN AREA: Elevating Real Estate Professionals in Trinidad and Tobago
In an evolving and increasingly competitive real estate landscape, professionalism, credibility, and access to the right networks can make all the difference. The Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA) in Trinidad and Tobago stands at the forefront of advancing these values, offering a structured and supportive environment for individuals and companies committed to excellence in the industry. With a growing […]
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May 5th, 2026
Smart, Safe and Secure: Real Estate in T&T
In Trinidad and Tobago’s real estate market, security-driven design has moved from a high-end luxury to a baseline expectation across mid- and upper-tier housing. Shaped by buyer demand, local security context, lifestyle realities, and global trends, safety now influences everything from valuations to marketing. The Rise of Gated Living In urban hubs like Port of Spain, San Fernando, and Chaguanas, […]
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February 11th, 2026
Crisis to Confidence: T&T’s Real Estate Reboot
Over the past 25 years, Trinidad and Tobago has experienced major changes in its real estate landscape, shaped by economic shifts, demographic changes, urban migration, and global investment trends. The 2008 global financial crisis slowed market activity, reducing demand, tightening lending, and pausing developments, while the COVID-19 pandemic created another slowdown from which the economy has yet to fully recover. […]
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November 26th, 2025
The New Real Estate: How EEML Is Defining a Smarter, More Human Industry
The real estate industry is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Transaction-driven models are giving way to advisory-led services, intuition is being replaced by data-informed judgment, and clients are demanding more than access—they want understanding. At the forefront of this shift is Esteem Estate Management Limited (EEML), an organisation shaping what many are beginning to recognise as The New Real […]
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November 19th, 2025
Emotion, Education, and Technology: How EEML Is Redefining the Standard of Real Estate Practice
In an industry often defined by transactions and turnover, Esteem Estate Management Limited (EEML) is quietly advancing a different proposition: that the future of real estate will be shaped not just by market knowledge, but by emotional intelligence, structured education, and disciplined use of technology. As global real estate markets evolve—driven by digitisation, rising consumer expectations, and increased regulatory scrutiny—EEML’s […]
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November 17th, 2025
The Visionary Behind the Vision: How Mr. Kerland Brathwaite Is Shaping EEML’s Client-First Philosophy
At the heart of Esteem Estate Management Limited (EEML) is a concise but deliberate vision statement:“To be the best Real Estate Company by empowering clients through our service.” This vision was articulated and operationalised by Kerland Brathwaite, whose leadership philosophy treats vision not as aspiration, but as a framework for execution. Redefining Excellence in Real Estate For Mr. Brathwaite, excellence […]
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November 17th, 2025
Narrative Creators: Why EEML Is Not Following the Market—It’s Defining It
In every industry, there are organisations that respond to change—and a rarer few that author it. Esteem Estate Management Limited (EEML) belongs firmly in the latter category. While much of real estate continues to operate within inherited assumptions about sales, speed, and scale, EEML has chosen a more demanding path: becoming a narrative creator, not merely a narrative changer. From […]
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November 17th, 2025
Reclaiming Public Safety in T&T: A Data-Driven, People-Centred Approach
Public safety remains one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most complex national challenges. Over the past 25 years, the security sector has witnessed the introduction of advanced surveillance technologies, increased collaboration between the private and public sectors, the establishment of specialised units, and legislative reforms. According to Dr. Randy Seepersad, Coordinator of the Criminology Unit at The University of the West […]
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September 26th, 2025
Securing Trinidad and Tobago — A Deep Dive Into Crime
“Several community-led initiatives and partnerships in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) have made positive impacts in addressing crime and improving security, and these initiatives demonstrate the power of community engagement in creating safer environments,” stated Dr Raghunath Mahabir, Assistant Professor, National Security and Intelligence Studies and Graduate Programme Coordinator at the University of the Southern Caribbean. Community-Led Solutions to Crime in […]
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March 19th, 2025
T&T’s Property Pulse — Charting the Real Estate Market
Data from the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) reveals a growth trend in the consolidated credit system, with increased lending for business and real estate mortgages supported by stable interest rates. Reflecting on this, Sally Singh, President of the Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA), indicates that the market is not only recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic but […]
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February 19th, 2025
Factors Driving Change in T&T’s Real Estate Market
By Kieran Andrew Khan Jean-Paul de MeillacChief Executive OfficerTerra Caribbean Trinidad The real estate market continues to reverberate from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jean-Paul de Meillac and Terra Caribbean Trinidad track the data and think more can be done to create an equitable, profitable, and mutually beneficial real estate market that spurs economic growth and security. The […]
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May 14th, 2024
Why Use A Real Estate Agent
by Plimmer Real Estate How to find your dream home and why you should list your Property with a certified/ bonafide Real Estate Agent. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: You don’t need to know everything about buying and selling real estate if you hire a real estate professional who does. Henry Ford said, “when you hire people who are smarter than you […]
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May 14th, 2024
Looking Ahead – The Caribbean Security Landscape
Lt. Col. Michael Jones, Executive Director, CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS). The Caribbean is a unique geographic grouping of oceanic states. While striving to improve trade and alliances amongst the islands, criminal elements are also doing the same. CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) Executive Director, Lt. Col. Michael Jones, shares his insights on regional […]
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April 10th, 2024
Security Needs
INTERVIEWMarcus TewariDirector of Broadview Surveillance Systems The impacts and costs of crime are seen and felt everywhere. But some approaches can begin to turn the tide. Director of Broadview Surveillance Systems Marcus Tewari sees the reality of our national insecurity daily. “The need for greater security and secure property development and management is evident daily here,” he points out. “The […]
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By: Pro | April 9th, 2024
Looking Ahead– the Caribbean Security Landscape
By Kieran Andrew Khan Lt. Col. Michael JonesExecutive DirectorCARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) The Caribbean is a unique geographic grouping of oceanic states. While striving to improve trade and alliances amongst the islands, criminal elements are also doing the same. CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) Executive Director, Lt. Col. Michael Jones, shares his insights […]
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January 14th, 2024
Looking at Recovery
INTERVIEW Mark EdghillPresident, Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA) Is real estate an essential service? You may change your mind when you consider the point of view of Mark Edghill. He has served in the Association of Real Estate Agents (AREA) in various capacities for the past few years, including the last five as President. “We did lobby the Government […]
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May 9th, 2023
Smartly Securing your Home and Business
Interview with Marcus Tewari, Director of Broadview Surveillance Systems “Unless you have 100% sturdy networking and reliability from your service providers, you may encounter serious issues…” Security has become a fixed investment for many companies operating within T&T. Still, many aren’t optimised for their exact needs. Instead, business owners opt for an arbitrary mix of systems such as entry alarms […]
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March 28th, 2022
Property Trends We Did Not Expect For 2021
Affordable SMART homes – Tech has also become an emergent force in our daily lives since lock down of 2020 Post lock down 2020, the Real Estate outlook for the rest of 2020 was dismal. With the phased reopening of Trinidad & Tobago in June 2020, many businesses contracted or closed their doors, leading to widespread job loss, diminished spending […]
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February 24th, 2022
Design Landscape Architects
Being nominated as the principal landscape architect for the UWI St. Augustine South Campus project was overwhelming as it was exciting. Having quickly wrapped my head around it and after a few site visits to familiarize myself with the site and the surrounding communities I set out to develop a landscape which will not only enhance campus life, but provides […]
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June 7th, 2021
PRICE VS. VALUE
Let’s get practical for a minute! With all the conversation about price reductions in recent months and valuations in a pandemic year, most people have been using the words “price” and “value” interchangeably. What really is the difference between price and value? Furthermore, what determines both factors? What is Price? The list price or asking price is usually the price […]
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By: Terra Caribbean Trinidad | April 14th, 2021
