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With the Federal Housing Authority breaking ground on a 241-unit estate in Osogbo and land still comparatively affordable, developers and analysts say Osun State is becoming one of the more closely watched housing markets in Nigeria's South-West.
British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has listed his seven-bedroom Bishopscourt estate in Cape Town at R189 million through Pam Golding Properties, nearly double the R93.3 million he paid for it in 2024, sharpening debate over foreign capital in the city's luxury market.
More young Kenyan women are buying land to build financial security and control their own assets, reshaping the profile of the country's property buyers and opening a new market for developers and lenders.
Repeated flooding and erosion have destroyed homes and farmlands in Mesar Tudu, a farming community in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, displacing more than 50 households, residents say.
A new book on land and family in central Kenya shows how Nairobi's expansion is driving skyrocketing land prices in Kiambu while smallholders, facing subdivision and inheritance pressures, sell ancestral plots out of a sense of abandon.
Misr Italia Properties' Solare Ras El Hekma, a 400-feddan destination on Egypt's North Coast representing about EGP 58.5bn in investments, is shifting coastal development from seasonal residential communities to fully integrated destinations.
As Abidjan's population tops six million, a UN-Habitat report says Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest rate of rental unaffordability, with households spending over 30% of income on rent.
Researchers say rapid urbanisation and land reclamation for real estate development in Lagos are reducing the natural flood buffering of wetlands, with more than 60% of the megacity's urban areas projected to face extreme flooding by 2050.
A carefully negotiated commercial lease can give a Nigerian startup financial flexibility and clarity on landlord and tenant responsibilities — but founders must look beyond the advertised rent, property experts advise.