Nearly one in four United Methodist congregations, 7,659 in all, left the denomination by the end of 2023 under a rule that let them keep their buildings if they paid apportionments and pension liabilities, though some had to go to court.

Kingston, Jamaica — 15 December 2023 The National Housing Trust has raised the ceiling on its Housing Microfinance Loan programme to $1.95…

The Seventh-day Adventist Church, through AdventHealth, Andrews Memorial Hospital and its GSI Foundation, gave 40 hospital beds worth about $17.4 million to the Spanish Town and May Pen hospitals, where officials described patients waiting in wheelchairs for beds.

The UK Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill cleared its second reading in Parliament, opening a formal debate on ground rent caps, service charge transparency, and the future of property ownership for millions of flat owners. The governance questions it raises are increasingly relevant for Jamaica’s growing condominium and apartment sector.

Property markets globally corrected unevenly through 2023 and 2024, with quality locations proving resilient while secondary markets softened. Jamaica’s own internal differentiation, visible in Kingston’s apartment segment, carries important lessons for buyers, sellers and investors.

Living near top-rated schools has long been considered a key factor in determining the value of residential real estate, not just in…

Strata owners in Jamaica pay maintenance contributions to their strata corporation to fund the upkeep of common areas, building insurance, security, and shared services. When the strata corporation is mismanaged — through poor governance, lack of financial transparency, or outright misappropriation by officers — the shared property deteriorates and individual unit owners bear the cost.

Summit Mennonite Church in Barberton, Ohio, down to about two dozen active members, chose to keep going rather than close. It sold its building to a local food ministry and now rents a fellowship room at a nearby church.

A year before its planned December 2024 reopening, Notre Dame’s restoration had raised a rebuilt spire behind 600 tons of scaffolding and medieval-style oak roof beams, with about 50 new staff planned for 15 million visitors a year.

There are stories that begin not with a blueprint, nor a plot of land, but with a feeling.A pull.A longing strong enough…