Construction is to begin by December on 623 new solutions under the Shooter’s Hill Housing Development project in Portmore, St. Catherine at a cost of $7 billion. This is being facilitated through a joint venture agreement between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and Rite Solutions Development Company. Under the public-private partnership, affordable housing solutions, starting at $7.6 million, will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (July 26), handed over 37 new housing solutions to beneficiaries of the Spanish Ridge housing scheme in St. Catherine. Spanish Ridge is a National Housing Trust (NHT) development located in the sub-urban community of Kitson Town and approximately eight kilometres north-west of Spanish Town. The solutions consist of 18 two-bedroom units...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick, says the entity is currently working on developing the regulations for the Timeshare Act, which was passed in 2014. Timeshare (sometimes called vacation ownership) relates to a property with a divided form of ownership or use rights. Noting that timeshare monitoring is the REB’s “newest responsibility”, Mrs. Garrick...

Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick, is imploring dealers to file reports using the goAML software. The web-based reporting portal automates a number of the reports dealers are required to submit as part of international anti-money laundering/counterterrorism measures. It will facilitate speedier exchange of data between the Financial Investigations Division (FID) of the Ministry of...

Cabinet has awarded a $1.2-billion contract to Ashtrom Building Systems Limited for the construction of 110 two-bedroom single-storey duplex units under phase four of the Twickenham Park Housing Development project in St. Catherine. Speaking at today’s (July 24) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said the project...

The Real Estate Board (REB)/Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC) is clamping down on the number of unregistered real estate developers who are selling properties illegally. “For the second time in 2019 we have had a conviction for an unregistered developer, and both cases are now at the sentencing process. We want to remind persons that the Real Estate Board/Commission of...

Residents of Connors in St. Catherine have come together to build a house for community member and mother of five children, Julie White. The project was spearheaded by West Central Hope, which is a registered charity initiated by Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. Work on the house commenced on Labour Day, May 23 and...