Global Economy

Jamaica’s property market has traditionally been analysed through familiar local factors such as housing supply, mortgage availability, employment, tourism and…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026American market analysts are drawing attention to an unusual dynamic in the US housing market: the…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States government has declared June National Homeownership Month, and the White House’s proclamation, issued…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026Global commercial real estate lending reached an all-time high in April 2026, according to data from…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States housing market is experiencing what analysts at Redfin have called the Great Housing…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States is building more housing than at any point in years, but it is…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026Florida’s housing market is undergoing a visible correction, and for the significant community of Jamaicans who…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The Federal Reserve’s rate decisions are widely understood to affect mortgage costs in the United States.…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026American homeowners are sitting on record equity. In the first quarter of 2026, homeowners in the…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The American housing market is heading into the second half of 2026 with a fundamental tension…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026A new federal tax on international money transfers is now in effect in the United States,…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States is currently navigating a housing market defined by an uncomfortable combination: record home…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States Congress has passed what amounts to the most ambitious federal intervention in housing…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States has enacted what is being described as the most significant federal housing legislation…

The signing of the Islamabad Memorandum — a ceasefire framework between the US and Iran — sent swap rates tumbling in June 2026 and prompted NatWest, Barclays, TSB and Santander to immediately cut fixed mortgage rates. The Bank of England held at 3.75%. Here is how a peace deal in Pakistan moved mortgage rates in Manchester — and what it means for Caribbean property investors.