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Homes in the catchment areas of top Western Cape and Gauteng schools generally cost well over R1 million, with Durbanville averaging about R3 million, new analysis of school districts shows.
Nigeria Real Estate Investment Trust grew pre-tax profit by 328.17% year on year to N6.05 billion in the first half of 2026 and declared a N1.72 per unit distribution.
The cost of building materials in Nigeria has risen by about 420 per cent in five years, pricing developers and homeowners out of the market and worsening a housing deficit now estimated at over 28 million units.
Official data from Statistics South Africa shows home values in Limpopo rose 9.5% year on year, making the province the country's second-fastest growing residential property market behind the Western Cape.
With only a tiny share of Kenya's salaried workers able to access mortgages, industry players are pushing employer-backed home loans repaid through payroll check-off as a way to lift homeownership and help developers scale up.
Developers are increasingly seeking financing for housing projects in prime Lagos areas such as Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki, driven by infrastructure and growing middle-class prosperity, says Sage Grey Group Managing Director Temitope Runsewe.
FirstTrust Mortgage Bank has launched a suite of mortgage and real estate development products with facilities of up to N250 million and repayment tenors of up to 20 years, targeting individual buyers, self-employed professionals and commercial developers.
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.
Bildad Nzuki Wambua, a director of Gladdens Homes Limited, has been charged over an alleged housing fraud scheme in which 22 victims are reported to have lost Ksh28 million.