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A Leadership investigation traces how agents, forgers and fake developers sell plots that do not exist or have been sold several times over, as regulators admit weak consumer protection.
A lawyer and a land investigations expert have been remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations that they obtained Shs520 million from a Chinese national by promising to sell him land in Kololo, Kampala.
Delsa Investments, held by a trust of which South African property tycoon Des de Beer is a beneficiary, bought 5.5 million Lighthouse Properties shares for about R44.8 million, extending a buying run that has topped R77 million since June.
Uganda's lands ministry has proposed raising the fee for replacing a lost land title from Shs15,000 to Shs200,000 under a review that would also lift registration and search charges.
Kenya's residential property price index rose 2.2 per cent in the year to June 2026, with detached houses outperforming apartments, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
Subscribers of Valington Premium City Estate in Idu, Abuja, have asked the FCTA to establish who owns the land after a competing title claim by Cityview Landmark Corporate Realty left their plots in doubt.
Cape Town's proposed short-term letting by-law would push heavily let properties into the commercial rates category, and a property practitioner argues the knock-on effect on net income could shift what investors are willing to pay.
No regional state or city administration has enacted the legislation needed to implement Ethiopia's 2025 Property Tax Proclamation, leaving collection fragmented and dependent on outdated rules, an Institute for Fiscal Studies report says.
The Johannesburg High Court has rescinded a R269,448 default judgment and an execution order against a Sandhurst Towers sectional-title owner after finding the summons was served on the body corporate's own building manager and never reached her.