What the data says about Bahamas
Not opinions — arithmetic. Each of these came out of the registers and the listings themselves, and each links to the page it was computed from so you can check it. 6 of them today.
Geography
Where is the biggest price gap in the Bahamas?
The median home in Harbour Island asks $4,800,000; in San Salvador it asks $28,114. Same island, 170.7× the price.
What would make this wrong: It compares what is on the market, not like for like. An area of large houses will always beat an area of flats, whatever the land underneath is worth.
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What things cost
Which bedroom costs the most in the Bahamas?
Going from 4 bedrooms to 5 adds $950,000 to the median asking price — more than any other step on the ladder.
What would make this wrong: A 5-bed house is not a 4-bed house with a room added — it is usually a bigger plot in a different place. This is the price of a different kind of home, not the price of a bedroom.
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The market
How concentrated is the Bahamas's market?
Three agents hold 38% of everything advertised — 501, 227, 189 listings out of 2,434. 39 agents share the rest.
What would make this wrong: It counts adverts, not sales. An agency that lists everything it is asked to and one that sells everything it lists look identical here.
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The market
Do agents agree on what a house is worth?
5 properties are marketed by more than one agent here, and on 1 of them the agents quote prices more than 2% apart. Both figures are published as given.
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Renting out
Where does renting out pay best in the Bahamas?
Eleuthera shows the widest gap between rents and prices at 10.1% gross, against 10.5% island-wide.
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This week
What has moved in the Bahamas this week?
2,434 listings appeared, 10 had their price cut and 2 went up. We read every agent's site overnight, so this is the week as it happened.
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The island most like this one
On asking price and market size, Mauritius is Bahamas's closest match anywhere on this site — a median of Rs 24,000,000 (£378,674) against $399,000 (£292,179), across 2,837 listings against 2,434. Put them side by side
What the same money buys elsewhere
The median Bahamas asking price, converted, against other islands' medians.
| Island | Their median | What Bahamas money buys |
|---|---|---|
| Samoa | WS$250,000 | 4.3 homes at their median |
| Dominica | $204,598 | 2.0 homes at their median |
| Belize | $235,000 | 1.7 homes at their median |
| Bahrain | BD 90,000 | 1.7 homes at their median |
Converted at the previous day's reference rates. It compares medians, not like-for-like houses — an island of flats will always look cheap against an island of villas.