The Sisters of St Clare, in Kenmare since 1861, sold their last convent in the town, a building on five acres, to Kerry County Council for community use at a price reported to be well below market value.

Here’s a quick update on some changes to the rules for real estate dealers in Jamaica:Dormancy Policy Revoked:Dealers acting as qualifying directors…

With fewer than 50,000 nuns left in the US, down from 181,000 in 1966, convents from Chicago to Los Angeles are being sold and converted into condos, senior housing, a library and a pop star’s home.

Three HEART/NSTA Trust VTDI students led a $600,000 renovation of the church-owned Miracle Tabernacle Basic School in St Ann’s Bay, finishing in two months what its board chairman said would have taken the church three years to fund.

A Pretoria court ruled in 2022 that 13 congregations that left the NHKA after a dispute over its apartheid apology could transfer their properties, part of a long history of church property fights in South Africa.

Britain’s government has introduced sweeping reforms to its rental market, abolishing no-fault evictions and strengthening tenant protections. The lessons carry real weight for Jamaica, where landlord and tenant law remains largely uncodified and tenant insecurity is a quiet but persistent feature of urban housing.

At least 121 churches and church buildings of 15 denominations were destroyed in Manipur’s 2023 violence, which killed more than 70 people and displaced 30,000, as the Imphal archbishop appealed for aid.

A 150-year-old Bronx Methodist church that closed with 12 members is now the site of 153 affordable apartments for low-income seniors, with a Methodist agency keeping a 25% stake in the $88 million project.

There’s a quiet wisdom in nature that every future-ready real estate agent should understand: Before a tree grows up… it grows down.…

When real property is held in the name of a Jamaican registered company, the right to sell or encumber that property rests with the company’s directors, acting within their authority under the Companies Act and the company’s articles. Fraudulent transactions involving company-owned property typically involve a director or officer who exceeds their authority, who acts without board approval, or who forges company documentation to present themselves as having authority they do not possess.