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Two of America’s most celebrated pandemic-era property markets — Florida and Texas — have reversed course and are now leading…
Kingston, Jamaica, 12 August 2026 The American property market delivered another instalment of its defining 2026 paradox on Tuesday: sales…
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…
Kingston, Jamaica, 4 August 2026 The global luxury property market has spawned an industry worth $67 billion that barely existed…
Britain’s housing market is being compressed from two directions. Rising oil prices associated with the Iran conflict are intensifying inflationary…
UK house prices rose 2.7 percent annually to £271,000 in the twelve months to May 2026, according to ONS data, while Rightmove’s July asking price index recorded the largest July fall in fourteen years. Mortgage rate volatility, reduced transaction volumes, and growing buyer choice are shaping a market in deliberate recalibration. For Jamaican diaspora investors with UK holdings, and for Jamaica’s domestic market observers, the data carries specific practical lessons.
Global interest in luxury real estate in the United States doubled during the first five months of 2026, according to…
Kingston, Jamaica, 10 July 2026 China’s housing market continued its prolonged decline in the first half of 2026, with secondary-market…
Kingston, Jamaica, 3 July 2026 Fitch Ratings has released a warning that should register across every housing market in the…
With median house asking prices around J$45 million and mortgage rates in the high single digits, affordability is the defining challenge of Jamaica’s housing market in 2026. The numbers make for uncomfortable reading.
With over 1,100 active house listings spread across all fourteen parishes and a median asking price around J$45 million, Jamaica’s house sales market is the backbone of the island’s residential property sector. The data reveals a market under pressure but still moving.
Kingston, Jamaica, 23 June 2026Average asking prices for newly listed homes in the United Kingdom fell 0.6 percent this month,…
Prime Minister Holness’s message at the Malvern housing handover, build within your means on land that won’t flood, captures how generational wealth is actually built in Jamaica, and why land title matters more than ever after Hurricane Melissa.
