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As the cost of a standard 30-year fixed mortgage in the United States approaches 7 per cent, a growing share…

Kingston, Jamaica, 2 September 2026 Single-family home construction in the United States declined in nearly every geographic category in the…

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 August 2026. British first-time buyers spent last winter racing against a calendar rather than a mortgage rate.…

The investment is not charity alone. It is an attempt to repair the market on which the mortgage business depends.

Before the eviction dispute reached court, NRCA had already offered Jacob Taylor Beach vendors a partial deal: return once the beach is upgraded and share the space with local fisherfolk, under tighter regulatory control.

Kingston, Jamaica, 26 August 2026 American mortgage rates climbed again this week, reaching their highest level in three weeks after…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. Global direct investment in commercial real estate rose 28 percent year over year in the…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 August 2026. Lookthrough, a Zurich-based real estate decision intelligence platform, and BuildingMinds, a Berlin-based AI data platform…

Artificial intelligence could transform how homes, buyers, sellers and lenders find one another, but Jamaica will need stronger property data before it can fully participate.

The collapse of China’s largest property empire offers a stark warning about debt, weak oversight and the risks carried by ordinary homebuyers

NMIA’s $25.8 billion transformation is delivering measurable quality gains even as passenger traffic dips, but an MP says the runway expansion at the heart of it moved ahead without adequate local consultation.

Kingston, Jamaica, 18 August 2026. A group of Ghanaian investors has taken the Nigerian government to international arbitration over a…

Legal challenge secures bail for Mark Nelson after removal flight to Jamaica is cancelled

The death of the former Cambridge professor has intensified a bitter argument about academic integrity, institutional responsibility and racism. For Jamaica, the case carries an uncomfortable warning about who is celebrated, who is scrutinised and who is permitted to make mistakes.

One professor faced legitimate questions, but his case became an indictment of racial equality and a spectacle that lost sight of the human being at its centre.