Kingston, Jamaica, 24 September 2026 The national median down payment for American homebuyers climbed to $27,100 in the second quarter of 2026,…

Overseas buyers need patience, professional advice and reliable people on the ground before committing their money.

Foster Triplets Ministries handed a one-bedroom house to Damion Farquarson’s family in Ferris, Westmoreland, after Hurricane Melissa, with money from churches and supporters in Jamaica and the US, including a benefit concert at an Atlanta Adventist church.

The artificial intelligence boom has produced a new and particular kind of property pressure in the United States. In the San Francisco…

Scotiabank’s parent company, the Bank of Nova Scotia, disclosed during its third-quarter earnings call on 25 August that mortgage impairments in the…

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

Saint Lucia’s Government will guarantee a US$20 million facility between its development bank and Taiwan Eximbank to widen mortgage access for low- and middle-income families.

The last five weeks have brought five connected developments to Black River’s recovery: a community road map backed by sobering business survey data, NaRRA on the ground with a master plan in development, a sparse Independence Day ceremony, a school principal’s alarm about students leaving class to work, and the diaspora filling gaps the formal programme has not yet closed. Together they map St Elizabeth ten months after Melissa.

Bishop Dwight Fletcher of the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches recalled how churches helped freed people own land in free villages and founded schools, and said the Church’s future authority depends on the integrity and transparency of its institutions.

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