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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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

With Every Tweet, Provide a Takeaway By Katherine Tarbox | September 2009 By now you’ve heard plenty of talk about the free microblogging service Twitter. The way it works is simple: Once you’re signed up, you can broadcast short (140 characters or fewer) text messages and links to your “followers” and receive updates from the [...]

How can you maximize your exposure on the Web? Here’s how. By Brian Summerfield | September 2009 Perhaps the most remarkable thing about online networking is the wide range of reactions it stirs up. Some real estate professionals swear by it. Others say it’s a diversion at best—and an utter waste of time at worst. [...]

By Julian Richardson Friday, August 28, 2009 Principal and executive chairman of Gore Developments, Phillip Gore, called on Government to double the National Housing Trust (NHT) loan ceiling to $7 million. The NHT currently offers loans of up to $3.5 million at annual interest rates of between two and eight per cent to individuals who [...]

The Real Estate Board (REB) is getting tough on persons who break the law with the arrest of four last month and the removal of 18 names from the register of real-estate dealers and real-estate salesmen. Sandra Watson, REB general manager, told Sunday Business that the board has been in enforcement mode since April, when [...]

Published: Sunday | August 23, 2009 Apartment owners and other shared-space dwellers will be saddled with bigger monthly bills if the draft legislation as it is now crafted were to be passed by lawmakers, the Trafalgar Council is charging. The council, which represents the interests of residents in Seymour Lands, New Kingston, Trafalgar Park and [...]