Realty Check

Thursday, February 18, 2010 OSWALD James, the Kingston attorney accused of cheating a client of $25 million in a real estate deal, will return to the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court to answer fraud charges on April 22. The attorney, who was arrested last year August 14 by Fraud Squad detectives, had his bail extended [...]

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Web sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and ActiveRain present a golden opportunity to connect with friends, colleagues, and clients. April 2009 You hear a lot about social media today, and rightly so. Get the most benefit from these tools by following these basic rules: Be authentic. Your profile is the first thing people will see [...]

The new year is a new opportunity to upgrade, integrate, and streamline your operations. Learn more about the technologies that can make you a more effective professional. By Michael Antoniak | January 2010 With each new year comes an opportunity to rethink the products and services that empower your real estate career. As 2010 dawns, [...]

Joseph Ferrara of TheClozing.com, a real estate news aggregator site, predicts increased reliance on technology in the property industry in the coming year. He expects more brokerages to go mobile or virtual to lower costs in a weak market; and he believes agents will take advantage of mobile video text-messaging to send virtual tours and [...]

BY CLAUDIENNE EDWARDS Observer writer edwardsc@jamaicaobserver.com Thursday, February 11, 2010 KINGSTON Mayor Desmond McKenzie has issued a warning to developers that the integrity of the council of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) would not be compromised by approving buildings that were not in compliance with the building codes. According to McKenzie, some developers [...]

JIS Wednesday, February 10, 2010 GROUND has been broken for some 288 serviced lots under the Sugar Workers Housing Programme in Bounty Hall, Trelawny. Some 150 serviced lots are to be provided for workers on the Hampden Estate in the parish, while the remainder will be sold on the open market. The project forms part [...]

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