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Browne: Antiguans Must Adjust Expectations on Land Prices
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has cautioned citizens that the days of acquiring suburban land at prices as low as $5 per square foot are over, urging the public to adjust their expectations in light of current market realities.
Speaking during his weekly appearance on the Browne and Browne show, the Prime Minister explained that government-owned land is now extremely limited, with demand far outstripping supply.
For every available government lot, he said, there are at least ten applications.
Browne noted that most of the lots available through government allocations are located in rural areas such as Willikies and Singen, rather than in suburban centres where many applicants prefer to live.
He warned that those waiting indefinitely for cheaper land risk being left behind, as private sector buyers—sometimes from outside the community—continue to acquire available property.
“There are people still operating in a mindset from ten years ago,” Browne said. “They believe they can get a piece of land in McKinnons for $5 a square foot. Those days are gone. Those lands are already privately owned.”
The Prime Minister encouraged citizens to consider purchasing land currently available through private developers, even if prices are higher than government lots.
He highlighted areas like Rural North, where private land is reportedly being sold for about $12 per square foot, describing such offers as good value.
“Private sector lands are often in better locations,” Browne said. “It may seem more expensive, but in reality, it is good value for money.”
He added that relying solely on government allocations was unrealistic given the scarcity of available land and emphasised the need for broader housing solutions, including townhouse and condominium developments, to accommodate growing demand.
While acknowledging that influence sometimes plays a role in prioritizing land allocations, Browne said the underlying issue remained one of limited supply, not unfairness.
“There is no overnight solution to this problem,” he said.
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In that light then force change in the remuneration packages for both public and private sector workers. Back in the days someone could have saved their earnings and make a substantial down payment on a loan for that piece of land and paid that loan off in short amount of time. Use the land as collateral to get another loan to build a home on said land. Possibly paid off at least 85 percent of the loan by the time their kids were old enough to work and assist and so on. Thus having a piece of the rock within the space of one generation. Those prices that are being proposed and current remuneration packages would cost families the space of now probably 2 to 3 generations to get a piece of the rock.
And the houses people have for rent set a law or something to keep prices down bcuz they abusing ppl a lot for houses that not worth the money $1000 for studio and your bed taking most of all the space in the place.
So, what exactly are we supposed to do? Just accept the high prices and move on?
I get that land prices are rising, but it’s hard to “adjust expectations” when you’re barely making ends meet.
If they really want people to adjust expectations, they need to show us how we can still afford land.
if people can’t buy land, what’s the point? Just leave all for the government ?
Why don’t they focus on keeping land affordable for locals instead of making excuses?
The Prime Minister and his AG and wife and children have stolen so much of the government land to fill their pockets with kickbacks and proceeds that now that they are running out of land the locals are supposed to pay the rich crooks who received the land more than it’s worth to get it back?? Oh yes that makes perfect sense NOT!!
Uncle Gas how about you and your crooked team buy them back as government land and resell to locals at a rate they can afford since they can barely pay for food as it is much less $12 per sq foot!!
Gaston Browne bought lands in the National Park in English Harbour
Now that he and his family owns lands all over Antigua and in Barbuda, he is making sure that the ordinary man and woman, can’t own a piece for themselves.
Gaston Browne is trying to create a Class Struggle in this Country.
This Guy is Hell bent in pauparising Antiguans and Barbudans, in order to elevate himself and family and his Chinese friends..
Hmmm
It’s rigged system, and it’s going to get worse.
After getting land in the National Park overlooking Dockyard for pepper corn price, Gaston is telling poor people nothing left that they can afford.
In otherwords live with it.
Can we see the list of buyers for the Dunbars lands?
How many government ministers got land there at peppercorn prices?
How many picky head Antiguans got land there?
When I say picky head Antiguans I do not mean the close relatives of cabinet members.
I would gladly love to know what price the Dunbar land was sold for and who were the major beneficiaries..
So urban and suburban lands are for exparts and cronies while native borns are being pushed out of there.
Ok.
If that’s what you think locals deserve.
Locals have already been pushed out of the coastline.
They cannot go to have a swim let alone purchase a plot.
Now they are being told that they do not deserve to be in town and environs.
What a place!!!!!!!!
I said this on observer radio station over 5yrs ago,gaston is going to stop selling government lands to the citizens an allow ppl from outside who will be paying handsomely for the land and force Antiguans in does silly housing projects he’s doing around the country…………Citizens cluster in certain areas and the money ppl them will have the chunks of land………….How long is it going to take Antiguans to wakeup???
Can’t wait to see the day come when this brown dog get trodden on,take it easy……Everything takes time bro
land in Antigua is expensive! The local people can not afford these prices, and as a country we should look out for our own first, before selling everything off to every foreigner who wants a vacation rental here. Antigua could learn a lot from Thailand. Stop selling the land off and start leasing it. Only people who should own the land out right, should be the born bread citizens of Antigua.
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