By Howard Jr. on Jun 25, 2009 in For Buyers, For Realtors, For Renters, Home Owners, Tips and Advice | 0 Comments
LEGAL NOTES
With Andrea Scarlett-Lozer
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The most fundamental tenet of the relationship between a landlord and a tenant is that the tenant has the exclusive right to occupy and possess the premises that he has rented from his landlord. The tenant has the legal right to exclude all persons, including the landlord, from the [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jun 25, 2009 in Buying Your First Home, For Buyers, For Realtors, Local Real Estate News, Residential, Returning Residents | 0 Comments
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has given Gore Developments Limited an environmental permit to commence a housing development at Florence Hall, Trelawny.
In June, NEPA decided to grant the developers with the permit that will allow them to construct 828 two-bedroom units each with 74.3 square metres (800 square feet) of [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jun 24, 2009 in Home Owners, Local Real Estate News | 0 Comments
PROPERTY owners are reminded that they have until June 30 to pay their property tax for the 2009 – 2010 period, before a 10 per cent penalty will be applied for late payment.
The Tax Administration had announced the automatic penalty in May, when it gave an extension of the period for persons to pay their [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jun 18, 2009 in For Buyers, Local Real Estate News | 0 Comments
Liquidator takes control of Carlos Hill’s house
BY KARYL WALKER, Court/Crime Desk co-ordinator walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, June 18, 2009
CARLOS Hill, the embattled boss of the failed Cash Plus investment scheme, yesterday vacated the three-storey mansion he occupied at East Armour Heights, St Andrew, in keeping with an order from the court.
These books – License to Steal, written by [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jun 17, 2009 in For Realtors, Local Real Estate News, News on International Real Estate | 0 Comments
Michelle Hirst
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Kingston today and Kingston just one year ago surprisingly look very different. Just last year, you couldn’t turn a corner without bumping into a new set of townhouses or an apartment complex under construction.
Back then, if you happened to see an empty plot of land, it was almost a guarantee that [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jun 2, 2009 in Just About Anything, Local Real Estate News | 1 Comment
By PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
ARGUING that he was broke and would be homeless if booted from the posh $40 million townhouse he now occupies at Armour Heights, St Andrew, former Cash Plus boss Carlos Hill was yesterday pitied by the courts and allowed – on humanitarian grounds – to remain [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jun 1, 2009 in Buying Your First Home, For Buyers, For Realtors, For Sellers, Local Real Estate News, Mortgages | 0 Comments
Published: Sunday | May 31, 2009
Avia Collinder, Business Reporter
It may not be the best of times to be shopping for a home in Jamaica. In general, it is more difficult to qualify for a mortgage now, as lenders attempt to deal with increasing loan defaults, clamping down on new credit in the process.
Mortgage rates are [...]
