By Howard Jr. on Mar 9, 2010 in For Buyers, For Realtors, Local Real Estate News | 0 Comments
BY JULIAN RICHARDSON Assistant business co-ordinator richardsonj@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, March 07, 2010
LOCAL engineers are exploring a number of alternative building materials which could make housing solutions more affordable in Jamaica.
The National Housing Trust lends a maximum of $3.5 million to individual borrowers and two persons can combine for a loan for a maximum of $7 million. But [...]
By Howard Jr. on Feb 12, 2010 in For Realtors, Technology, Tips and Advice | 1 Comment
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 when they visit your [...]
By Howard Jr. on Feb 12, 2010 in For Realtors, Technology, Tips and Advice | 0 Comments
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, the desire [...]
By Howard Jr. on Feb 12, 2010 in For Realtors, Technology | 0 Comments
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 Howard Jr. on Dec 18, 2009 in For Realtors, Local Real Estate News, Mortgages | 0 Comments
Patrick Foster
Thursday, December 17, 2009
GOVERNMENT is to replace Earl Samuels as managing director of the National Housing Trust (NHT) next January, in a major shake-up at the island’s premier housing organisation.
Samuels’ contract expires on December 31, and according to NHT Chairman Howard Mitchell it will not be renewed as the organisation is embarking on a [...]
By Howard Jr. on Dec 18, 2009 in Commercial, For Buyers, For Realtors, Local Real Estate News | 0 Comments
Published: Friday | December 18, 2009
Sabrina Gordon, Business Reporter
Barbican Estates Limited (BEL), a nascent company, has chosen as its first venture the development of new commercial space in the busy and often congested Barbican Square, where commerce, on the face, of it is thriving.
On a 1.13-acre property, Barbican Estates will, within weeks, begin construction of [...]
By Howard Jr. on Dec 18, 2009 in For Buyers, For Realtors, For Renters, For Sellers, Home Owners, Local Real Estate News | 0 Comments
KINGSTON (JIS):
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding
The House of Representatives yesterday (December 15) passed the Registration (Strata Titles) Amendment Act with the 29 changes made by the Senate.
Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, noted that the majority of the amendments involved the insertion of or changes to words, to give greater clarity. [...]
By Howard Jr. on Nov 25, 2009 in For Buyers, For Realtors, For Renters, For Sellers, Foreign Investors, Home Owners, News, Relocation, Returning Residents | 0 Comments
The Multiple Listing System (MLS) may be familiar to those of you from the USA and Canada, but may be a bit of a mystery to those from elsewhere. The basic idea of the MLS is that all the (RAJ) Member firms have agreed to share their property listings and work together on all MLS [...]
By Howard Jr. on Sep 10, 2009 in Buying Your First Home, For Buyers, For Realtors, Local Real Estate News, Mortgages | 0 Comments
NHT introduces new housing initiatives
Thursday, September 10, 2009
PAID-UP contributors interested in owning a National Housing Trust (NHT) unit will no longer have to struggle to find a deposit, under one of five new initiatives that the institution rolled out yesterday aimed at making homeownership more affordable.
Senior NHT officials, who made the announcement yesterday, said hard-pressed [...]