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

Kingston, Jamaica, 2 September 2026 Single-family home construction in the United States declined in nearly every geographic category in the second quarter…

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

The collapse of China’s largest property empire offers a stark warning about debt, weak oversight and the risks carried by ordinary homebuyers

Two of America’s most celebrated pandemic-era property markets — Florida and Texas — have reversed course and are now leading the country…

The UK housing market is fracturing along regional lines in ways that the national average figure entirely obscures. The North West recorded annual asking price growth of 1.9 percent in August 2026 while London fell 3.1 percent, the capital’s largest annual August decline on record. Scotland, Wales, and the North East are all outperforming England’s south. The regional divergence reflects different affordability profiles, structural differences in housing stock, and the uneven impact of leasehold complications and investor withdrawal. For Jamaica, where regional differences in property market performance are similarly significant but far less documented, the UK data offers a framework for thinking about geography as a defining variable in property investment decisions.

The White House signalled this week that President Trump is considering a significant change to how home sale profits are taxed, floating…

After five consecutive weekly increases that pushed the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to 6.91 per cent — its highest level in 2026…

Andy Burnham became UK Prime Minister on 20 July 2026, immediately raising the prospect of rent controls for England—the first sitting Prime Minister to do so. Against that political backdrop, the housing market data for the past month has shown prices barely growing at £299,253, mortgage rates remaining elevated amid global uncertainty, rents hitting record highs in six of nine UK regions despite slowing nationally, and the new administration launching a VAT consultation on social housing land. For Jamaican diaspora investors and housing policymakers, the convergence of political change and market fragility in Britain carries direct and immediate relevance.

Kingston, Jamaica, 12 August 2026 San Francisco has reclaimed a title it briefly looked like it might have lost for good: the…