The National Housing Trust (NHT) will assist customers who are unable to finalise a loan with a financial institution under the new External Financing Mortgage Programme (EFMP). Under this latest framework, NHT contributors who require additional funding may access their benefits from the Trust's financial partners across the island. “Customers do have access to come back to the NHT if...

Fifty-eight certificates of title have been handed over to homeowners in the subdivision of Blenheim in Manchester.  The titles, which were facilitated under aluminium company Jamalco’s Resettlement Initiative, were presented to the recipients during a ceremony on Wednesday (July 19) at the Wembley Centre of Excellence in Clarendon.  Other residents of the subdivision are also slated to receive titles for...

The new financing framework of the National Housing Trust (NHT) – the External Mortgage Financing Programme (EMFP) – will take full effect on August 1. This policy will replace the organisation’s existing Joint Finance Mortgage Programme. It aims to increase the NHT’s mortgage supply while simultaneously releasing funds that will be reinvested in housing construction. “For the customer, there is...

As the National Housing Trust (NHT) continues to streamline its services, the entity has signalled its intention to automate its mortgage application process. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Senior Manager for Finance at the Government’s primary housing finance institution, Dwight Ebanks, said prospective mortgagors will soon be able to access the applications virtually through the...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is advising clients that contributions made up to the year 2015 are now being refunded. This was disclosed by the NHT’s Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick, during the Love 101 radio programme, ‘Good Morning Minister’, on Wednesday (July 12). “This year (2023), we are refunding contributions that were made...

All self-employed persons are being reminded that they should be making regular contributions to the National Housing Trust (NHT) in order to benefit from the Trust’s homeownership loan facility. Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at the NHT, Dwayne Berbick, issued the reminder during an interview on the Love 101 radio segment, ‘Good Morning Minister’, on July...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) recently introduced a facility that enables three family members to co-apply for a home loan. While the NHT has an existing facility that enables any two contributors to co-apply for a loan, under this component of the co-applicant programme, three family members with established kinship ties may co-apply and access a loan to buy or...