For British citizens and overseas property owners, the dream of a second home in Jamaica can conceal an uncomfortable financial reality. A property deed provides ownership, but it does not guarantee healthcare, residency rights or protection from the costs of a medical emergency.

Longer mortgage terms, later home purchases and rising property prices could leave more Jamaicans paying for housing well into retirement, while lifelong renters face an even harder calculation.

Kingston, Jamaica, 25 September 2026 Just days after Jamaica Homes examined the uncomfortable reality that fewer than one in five Jamaicans are…

Jamaica’s ageing population is putting pensions and housing security under closer scrutiny. With about two thirds of elderly Jamaicans reportedly receiving no pension, the 2026 Survey of Living Conditions could help shape how the country prepares for retirement, housing and household security.

For many Jamaicans, retirement planning still seems to amount to a house, a little land, some savings, perhaps help from children overseas…

A British study has exposed a growing fear about paying rent and mortgages after work ends. Jamaica may face an even sharper version of the same problem.

Earlier in my career, retirement planning was not my main priority. Now that I am 49, I am trying to make up for lost time.

Jamaica’s modest pension payments and rising housing costs are creating a retirement problem that few families have properly calculated

A pastor’s wife has lived in church-owned manses her whole married life. With retirement in sight and no home of their own, she is frightened and feels guilty for it. Our response.

After twenty-two years in England, a reader has come home to find the caretaker he trusted refusing to leave his house. Our response on staying calm, getting legal advice and not taking matters into your own hands.