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Global real estate and economic news from around the world, with a Caribbean and Jamaican perspective.
The artificial intelligence boom has produced a new and particular kind of property pressure in the United States. In the…
Private residential construction spending in the United States fell again in July, extending what has now become a sustained and…
Scotiabank Flags Rising Mortgage Stress in the Caribbean — and Plans to Take Full Control in Jamaica
Scotiabank’s parent company, the Bank of Nova Scotia, disclosed during its third-quarter earnings call on 25 August that mortgage impairments…
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, 26 August 2026 American mortgage rates climbed again this week, reaching their highest level in three weeks after…
Two of America’s most celebrated pandemic-era property markets — Florida and Texas — have reversed course and are now leading…
The White House signalled this week that President Trump is considering a significant change to how home sale profits are…
After five consecutive weekly increases that pushed the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to 6.91 per cent — its highest level…
Kingston, Jamaica, 12 August 2026 San Francisco has reclaimed a title it briefly looked like it might have lost for…
Kingston, Jamaica, 12 August 2026 The American property market delivered another instalment of its defining 2026 paradox on Tuesday: sales…
Kingston, Jamaica, 8 August 2026 The United States economy shed 23,000 jobs in July, a figure that landed well below…
Kingston, Jamaica, 7 August 2026 The American housing market has fractured into two entirely different experiences, and which one you…
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 August 2026 Global institutional investment in residential real estate rose nine per cent in the first half…
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 August 2026 While London’s property market falls and England’s overall price growth remains subdued, Northern Ireland has…
