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Architects, engineers and surveyors have told Nairobi's county assembly that officials are rigging the building-approval process, naming a chief officer already facing abuse-of-office charges over a collapsed tower.
Cheaper long-term mortgage financing, supported by the Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company, is opening home ownership to younger Kenyans, according to Co-operative Bank's mortgage specialists.
Goh Betoch Bank, Ethiopia's only specialised mortgage lender, has paused new long-term mortgages after its loan-to-deposit ratio climbed to 160 percent, even as the central bank moves to set up a National Housing Fund and a 100 billion birr refinancing company.
Residents of Abesan Housing Estate in Lagos are living in fear of further demolitions after the Lagos State Building Control Agency pulled down Block 341 over structural defects, with low-income landlords now facing integrity-test bills they say they cannot afford.
As new residential and commercial developments reshape Dar es Salaam’s skyline, Zara Real Estate chief executive Hellen Kiwia argues the market should be judged on the quality and long-term value of what is built, not just volume.
Working families are being priced out of areas near jobs and forced to spend more of their income and time commuting, as advocacy group Ndifuna Ukwazi warns of an “extreme, escalating urban housing crisis” in Cape Town.
Three unfinished structures in Accra's Cantonments, meant to become Ghana's official Vice-Presidential residence, are still unoccupied 13 years after construction started, with the state yet to reconcile spending figures that range from US$3.56 million to almost US$14 million.
Plots in Nairobi's Kahawa Sukari that sold for Sh400,000 to Sh700,000 in the early 2000s now fetch between Sh12.5 million and Sh15 million, as a residents' welfare association enforces controls that bar apartment blocks from the estate.
Fusion Group, the Kenyan private equity and real estate investment firm, is marking 20 years in East Africa with plans to expand across the continent, anchored on a proposed 600-home development in Juja, Kiambu County.