There is a particular kind of silence in Jamaica that is difficult to explain until…

The White House signalled this week that President Trump is considering a significant change to…

Andy Burnham became UK Prime Minister on 20 July 2026, immediately raising the prospect of rent controls for England—the first sitting Prime Minister to do so. Against that political backdrop, the housing market data for the past month has shown prices barely growing at £299,253, mortgage rates remaining elevated amid global uncertainty, rents hitting record highs in six of nine UK regions despite slowing nationally, and the new administration launching a VAT consultation on social housing land. For Jamaican diaspora investors and housing policymakers, the convergence of political change and market fragility in Britain carries direct and immediate relevance.

Kingston, Jamaica, 7 August 2026 The American housing market has fractured into two entirely different…

Fraud prevention is essential. But repeatedly sending genuine overseas clients to notaries is not the only way to achieve it. Jamaica needs a property system that is just as rigorous, but far more intelligent.

Britain’s housing market is being compressed from two directions. Rising oil prices associated with the…