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 Aug 24, 2009 in For Realtors, For Renters, Home Owners, Local Real Estate News | 0 Comments
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 adjoining areas [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jul 29, 2009 in Buying Your First Home, For Buyers, For Realtors, For Sellers, Foreign Investors, Home Owners, Local Real Estate News, Returning Residents | 1 Comment
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com
The Government yesterday made another attempt to stimulate Jamaica’s flagging real estate market by moving the original January 1, 2010 implementation date for the further reduction in stamp duty and transfer tax fees to August 1 this year.
In May of 2008, the administration announced that Stamp Duty would be [...]
By Howard Jr. on Jul 7, 2009 in For Realtors, Home Maintenance & Repairs, Home Owners, Local Real Estate News | 0 Comments
Avalon Court sits on a strip lined with expensive real estate, shared by commercial and residential investors alike.
But Avalon is distinguished, to the chagrin of the people who manage the strata corporation, by its obvious deterioration and lack of proper maintenance, on the same street that is home to the historic Devon House and many [...]
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 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 Apr 29, 2009 in For Buyers, For Realtors, For Sellers, Home Owners, Tips and Advice | 0 Comments
Legal Notes
With Tricia Gaye Watson
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
It is usual for Jamaican landowners to erect perimeter fences; whether for reasons related to privacy or security or to ensure that the boundaries or “property lines” of the land are clearly shown and preserved.
Whilst it is in the best interests of persons to demarcate the boundaries of [...]
