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Every bag of cement, every sheet of steel, every imported appliance now carries the shadow of global trade conflict. For Jamaica’s construction sector and the buyers waiting for new homes, the tariff era has real consequences.

With nearly three-quarters of Jamaica’s remittances sourced from the United States and over a million Jamaicans living there, shifts in US immigration enforcement are not just a human story. They are a property market story.

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026The most significant piece of United States housing legislation in more than three decades has stalled…

Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2026A new academic study projecting a sharp, generational decline in American homeownership rates is drawing attention…

Kingston, Jamaica, 29 June 2026The average rate on a thirty year fixed purchase mortgage in the United States ticked down…

Kingston, Jamaica, 29 June 2026A wave of new landlord and tenant rules is taking effect across several American states this…

Kingston, Jamaica, 29 June 2026Bankrate’s mortgage rate variability index, a measure of how much loan offers differ from one lender…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026American mortgage rates took a noticeable dip this week, with the average thirty year fixed rate…

As Jamaica’s hurricane relief programme moves forward, containerised housing units are providing temporary shelter for families displaced by Hurricane Melissa, while raising longer term questions about safe land use.

Kingston, Jamaica, 25 June 2026Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of American mortgage rates showed little movement this week, with the average…

President Trump cancelled a planned signing ceremony for the largest bipartisan US housing affordability bill in decades on 24 June 2026, demanding Congress first pass an unrelated elections bill. The stalled legislation would have increased housing supply and capped institutional investor purchases of single-family homes.

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 June 2026Total regulatory costs tied to building a typical single family home in the United States now…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 June 2026The chief executive of Realtor.com used a major industry forum in Washington this week to take…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 June 2026Glenn Kelman, who spent twenty years building Redfin into one of the most recognised names in…

Kingston, Jamaica, 24 June 2026A bipartisan housing bill cleared the United States Congress this week by an overwhelming margin, the…