From titles and caveats to NHT mortgages, stamp duty and strata fees, this Jamaican property jargon guide explains what buyers need to know before signing.

Certificates of Possession have been presented to 221 Tivoli Gardens residents, but registered ownership remains a further step. Another 29 occupancy audits and work on strata titles are outstanding.

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A reader in a small strata complex asks what can be done when neighbours stop paying maintenance fees and the shared property starts to fall apart.

Jamaica’s gated communities have operated for years without the legal enforcement powers strata apartment buildings have had since 1969. A new bill would close that gap, with real penalties for non-payment.

Owners at a Negril strata complex say they’ve had no fire insurance for over a year, an unpaid water bill, and $4 million in payables with no receipts, while the board skips meetings called to address it.

The Supreme Court granted a permanent injunction stopping Greater Works International Fellowship from running a church in seven units at Red Hills Mall, after the strata corporation proved its by-laws allowed only offices and shops.