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Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026A new federal tax on international money transfers is now in effect in the United States,…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States is currently navigating a housing market defined by an uncomfortable combination: record home…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States Congress has passed what amounts to the most ambitious federal intervention in housing…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 June 2026The United States has enacted what is being described as the most significant federal housing legislation…

Kingston, Jamaica — 27 June 2026 A housing affordability crisis across the Western world has finally forced its way onto…

Kingston, Jamaica — 27 June 2026 The United Nations Human Settlements Programme has published its World Cities Report 2026, a…

Kingston, Jamaica, 26 June 2026The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is testing a new initiative called Operation…

Kingston, Jamaica, 25 June 2026 Canada’s rental market is in a sustained period of correction. The national average asking rent…

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.

UK mortgage rates are falling as major lenders cut fixed deals in June 2026, but rates remain well above pre-crisis levels. Here is what the trend means for the Jamaican diaspora in Britain and for property investment back home.

The Fed, ECB, and Bank of England are all holding or raising rates in mid-2026. Here is what the global interest rate environment means for Jamaica’s housing market, construction costs, and diaspora property investment.

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

Kingston, Jamaica, 23 June 2026 Australia’s property investment landscape shifted significantly in May when the federal government delivered what analysts…

Kingston, Jamaica, 23 June 2026Average asking prices for newly listed homes in the United Kingdom fell 0.6 percent this month,…

Kingston, Jamaica, 17 June 2026 New data from the United States Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban…