In this section you'll find valuable information about renting a home or apartment in the Cayman Islands.
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Beginning your housing search can feel daunting. To help mitigate this, we list helpful tips on starting your search, related costs when you rent in Grand Cayman and the best realtors specialising in rental homes and apartments.
Long-Term Rentals (Residents)
Cayman’s rental inventory is slim and demand continues to increase. While you may have luck finding a rental through EcayTrade.com, or mutual connections on Facebook or even Facebook Marketplace, there is no single fully-comprehensive central portal so a good place to start is by contacting a realtor who specialises in rentals. You can also visit the rental listing system on www.cireba.ky/rentals. This is the primary list that real estate rental specialists will work from.
Renting a Property
Renting property in the Cayman Islands? We can help you find rental agents, give advice on rental prices, styles of housing and temporary accommodation.
Rental Agents
Guide to the best rental agents in the Cayman Islands to assist with your apartment or rental home search and to act as liaison with property owner.
Typical Rents
Guide to typical rents for apartments and rental homes in the Cayman Islands for long-term rentals.
Temporary Accommodations
New residents in Cayman can find special temporary accommodation rates at some of the local hotels for extended stays.
Apartments at Camana Bay
Camana Bay is a master-planned waterfront town spanning 685 acres between Seven Mile Beach and the North Sound. Designed around walkability and mixed-use living, it combines residential, commercial, retail and leisure spaces in one integrated community.
Apartments including Kapok and The Terraces form part of its growing residential offering and we highly recommend seeing if any are available when choosing a rental property or even a purchase for that matter!
Short Term Rentals
As of January 14th 2026, there are 37,654 active, valid work permits in the Cayman Islands, covering workers from 142 different countries. This figure indicates that the expatriate workforce remains high, with numbers expected to increase further during the peak tourism season. Consequently, there is always a need for short term rental options in Cayman. Even though a few, new developments are making short term rental apartments their core business to meet the demand in the market, the availability of them for tenants is scarce.
Between Airbnb and some new well-positioned properties such as Governor's Village and The Grove, there are a handful of places that cater to longer stays for vacation visitors who haven't quite pulled the trigger on buying their own second home here yet, and to savvy, incoming expatriate workers, who want to become familiar with the Island and take their time to find a suitable location before signing a standard 12-month lease agreement on somewhere. By planning ahead both groups should be able to find short term accommodations for terms of one to six months.
Working with a realtor in advance is often a good bet even if remotely from your home country, before you make the move. Even with rentals, agents work for the property owner or landlord and do not charge prospective tenants. In a tenant-saturated local rental market, they will know when something is becoming available and be knowledgeable of the specific locale.
Condo & Villa Vacation Rentals (Visitors)keyboard_arrow_right
Grand Cayman and Little Cayman both have a wide variety of condo and villa vacation rentals available. From cozy cottages to beachfront weekend retreats you will be able to find the perfect vacation home in little to no time.
