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The End of the Cheque

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American Buyers Are Bringing More Cash to the Table. They Have No Other Choice.

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By Jamaica HomesJuly 16, 20260

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says talks with JPS on a new all-island electricity licence are ongoing, with other parties also interested ahead of the July 2027 expiry.

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Eleven Years, Seventeen Reports, One Island: What the IMF’s Complete Jamaica Archive Reveals About Where We Are and Where We Are Going

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Kingston, Jamaica, 10 July 2026 China’s housing market continued its prolonged decline in the first half of 2026, with secondary-market home prices…

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America’s Housing Bill Is Now Law — Without the President’s Signature

By Jamaica HomesJuly 10, 20260

Kingston, Jamaica, 10 July 2026 The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law on 10 July 2026 without President Donald Trump’s…

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Global Inflation Is Squeezing Mortgage Markets. Here’s What Fitch’s Mid-Year Warning Means.

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By GodinterestJuly 3, 20260

Jamaica’s building applications hit $280.9 billion in 2025, up 49.7 percent, even as Melissa disrupted actual construction late in the year. NEPA also hit a 98.5 percent processing rate, faster than its reputation suggests.

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Germany Is Rewriting Its Housing Rules — and Green Homes Are Winning

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Kingston, Jamaica, 2 July 2026 Germany is in the middle of one of the most significant overhauls to its real estate and…

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Trade Wars, Tariffs, and the Cost of Building in Jamaica

By Jamaica HomesJuly 1, 20261

Every bag of cement, every sheet of steel, every imported appliance now carries the shadow of global trade conflict. For Jamaica’s construction sector and the buyers waiting for new homes, the tariff era has real consequences.

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Jamaica Property in 2027-2028: What a Fractured World Means for the Island’s Market

By Jamaica HomesJuly 1, 20261

Wars, trade fragmentation, AI disruption, climate shocks, and a reordering of global alliances are reshaping the economic context in which Jamaica’s property market operates. Here is what the next two years could look like.

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The government’s first full fiscal year budget, tabled in May 2026, delivered on housing in ways that practitioners describe as the most…

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