NHT to Deliver 5500 Housing Solutions by Year End The National Housing Trust (NHT) is poised to breaking ground for approximately 5,500 housing solutions by the end of the 2017/2018 financial year. This was announced during the Trust’s Groundbreaking Ceremony for Ruthven Towers, a 238 apartment complex set to come on stream by the…
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KSAMC selling 29 East King’s House Road
KSAMC selling 29 East King’s House Road  The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is negotiating with two companies seeking to purchase the section of East King’s House Road that will be closed to traffic on the implementation of the Government’s expansion and road-widening programme in Barbican, St Andrew. The KSAMC owns the road.…
JN Barbican relocates to Sugar & Spice complex
JN Bank has relocated its Barbican branch to the new Sugar & Spice complex, across the road from its former Fontana Pharmacy location in St Andrew. The bank commenced operations from from its new site on Monday, September 4. Chief of JN Bank Operations, Janice Robinson…
All NHT first-time applicants can now get $5.5-million loan
ALL first-time applicants for mortgages from the National Housing Trust (NHT) should now be able to access the full loan ceiling of $5.5 million, regardless of the age of the homes they are purchasing. Effective yesterday, the policy changes to the NHT’s individual loan limit will enable eligible contributors to access the full amount to…
Come Home to Berkshire Court
Welcome to Berkshire Court. These duplex two bedroom units are located in Spanish Town, along the northwestern section of the Brunswick Avenue, 2KM Northwest of the Spanish Town Center. With lot sizes of 2,906 – 3875 sq. ft. and unit size of 720 sq. ft, these units are designed with timber frame roof, ceramic floor tiles,…
Government to sell lands in St. Catherine
APPROXIMATELY 427 acres of idle lands located in St Catherine are to be converted for commercial and residential purposes. This follows Cabinet’s approval of the sale of the lands by SCJ Holdings Limited. Minister of Education, Youth and Information Senator Ruel Reid made the disclosure during a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House on June…
Nashville, St. Mary Application Results
Nashville, St. Mary Application Results The National Housing Trust is pleased to publish the names of 32 persons shortlisted to be interviewed for loans to buy two-bedroom houses at Nashville, St. Mary. Please note that this is a selection for interviews only and is not a guarantee of a loan. Applicants were shortlisted and assigned…
JP Moving House To Kingston Waterfront
Jamaica Producers Group (JP) is pulling out of New Kingston, where its corporate headquarters has resided for more than three decades, and will be setting up operations near the wharf on the Kingston waterfront. The move, planned for October 1, follows the sale of its current headquarters, Producers House at 6 Oxford Road, nearly two…
Waterloo Commercial Complex Set For July
Developer Eddie Azan is moving ahead with a new commercial complex which will rest on the old cholera grounds at the intersection of Waterloo Road and West Kings House Road in Kingston. Hugo Matthews of Virtuoso Architects said on Friday that ground will be broken on the project in July and that construction will last…
Rein in excitement over Tesla’s solar roof
Electric automaker and renewable energy company Tesla Inc launched its solar roof with combined Powerwall battery system last week, and everyone got very excited. It is an innovative technology that will revolutionise the solar industry, especially as more companies start to produce their own solar roofs. But how excited should we be in Jamaica?At Solar…