← Back to Home

Category

Market news

Published stories attached to the Market news category.

428 items

Page 4 of 48

News

Italian suppliers chase Kenya's construction boom as bilateral trade rises 39%

Twenty-one Italian companies are exhibiting at Big 5 Construct Kenya in Nairobi, with the Italian Trade Agency putting two-way trade at about KSh40.95 billion and Italian construction-product exports at KSh1.7 billion.

Article

Soweto rental demand outpaces sales as landlords target 10-12% yields

Soweto recorded almost R984 million in property transactions over the past year, but Seeff says rental demand is now the sharper opportunity, with two- and three-bedroom units priced at R450,000 to R750,000 delivering gross yields of 10% to 12%.

News

CRDB Bank secures $111m from FMO and Shelter Afrique for SMEs and housing

CRDB Bank has signed $111 million in financing agreements, including $36 million from Shelter Afrique Development Bank for housing and construction lending and $75 million from FMO for SMEs.

News

Jua Kali artisans win Sh264m window and door orders on Eldoret housing project

Eighty-three Jua Kali associations supplied windows and doors worth Ksh 264 million for the Pioneer Affordable Housing Project in Eldoret, supporting more than 956 micro, small and medium enterprises.

Article

N15m Abuja studio apartments out of reach on N70,000 minimum wage, affordability review finds

The studio apartments commissioned by the Abuja Property Development Company at Hilltop Residence cost N15 million, with a 10 per cent deposit equal to more than 21 months of gross earnings for a minimum-wage worker.

News

Kirima widow warns buyers off Njiru land as family row over 1,000-acre parcel deepens

Teresia Wairimu Kirima says plots on the roughly 1,000-acre Kirima land in Njiru are being sold without her consent, and has told buyers to hold their payments and banks to stop taking the title as security.

News

BOSA's Solomons wants Cape Town's property valuation cycle stretched to five years

Build One South Africa's Cape Town mayoral candidate Roger Solomons has proposed extending the city's municipal property valuation cycle from three years to five and auditing city spending, saying homeowners need more certainty when budgeting for rates.

News

Kaduna land agency disowns plot sales in six police barracks

KADGIS has warned the public against buying plots in six police barracks in Kaduna State, saying it never approved a land layout there or authorised Aftech Industries Limited to sell or allocate land.

Article

Same building, different prices: Moroccan study finds 57% gap in price per square metre

A study by Moroccan property platform Agenz of nine sales in a single 2020-delivered residence found price-per-square-metre differences of up to 57%, showing that floor level, views and layout can matter more than a neighbour's sale price.