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Ashlaw - A Blog on Jamaican Real Estate Law

http://Jamaicanlaw.blogspot.com

A blog by an Attorney in Jamaica to educate and inform potential buyers and sellers especially those abroad about Jamaican real estate issues.

• Added on: Apr 15th, 2008
• Country: Jamaica
• Language: English

• Author: Dee
• Listed in: Law & Legal Real Estate
• Tags: jamaican real estate buying real estate in jamaica selling jamaican real estate foreign exchange in jamaica

Recent Posts

• Real Estate in Jamaica - Costs on Sale

  Posted on Wednesday March 11th, 2009 at 21:13 in foreigner buying jamaican real estate, transfer tax on properties sold in jamaica, purchaser's half costs

  Subsequent to comments from a reader I have decided to address the issues of costs to be borne by both vendor and purchaser during a real estate sale.When a purchaser pays signficant amounts for property, perhaps his largest ever investment in his li...

• Real Estate - Inheritance issues

  Posted on Thursday December 4th, 2008 at 20:46 in jamaican real estate, estate planning ebook, death of vendor or purchaser, transfer tax on death

  They say two things in life are certain: death and taxes, both of which have implications in conveyancing.I have noticed that some visitors to this blog have landed here after searching for issues relating to estate planning/inheritance/death duties ...

• Jamaican Real Estate in Trouble

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 16:49 in jamaican real estate, jamaican exchange rates

  Well another blow has been delivered to the housing markets with reports of climbing interest rates. Amusingly, this comes one day after an article in AXIAFX waxing about the phenomenal returns on investments in the Jamaican real estate market. It wi...

• In Case of Lost Land Title - Jamaica

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 14:30 in jamaican real estate, national land agency jamaica, lost title, titles office

  It’s been a long time since I posted but work sometimes gets in the way. During my absence I completed among other things what we call a lost title application. That is an application made for the issue of a new title when a duplicate certificate h...

• Real Estate in Jamaica - Time of the Essence

  Posted on Wednesday September 17th, 2008 at 01:54 in foreigner buying jamaican real estate, time of the essence

  If anyone is going to insist on time being made of the essence in a contract for the slae or purchase of land, it is likely to be the vendor who wishes to get his cash as quickly as possible. However a vendor must also be able to complete by the stip...

• Real Estate in Jamaica - The Witness to Signatures

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 08:42 in national land agency jamaica, witness to transfer, notary public as witness

  One of the annoying little issues that parties in the real estate transaction should be aware of is that of proper attestation of documents abroad. I have had to return documents to clients, sometimes repeatedly (hence the annoyance), because they do...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Gary Hoy

I am trying to sell my property in Jamaica. Is it Jamaican law that I MUST have a Ja. attorney to complete the sale. It is my understanding that the buyer must have a Ja. attorney only.

Posted: August 4th, 2008 | Report This Comment

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