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Regulatory and approval charges across the building process in Lagos are getting closer to 30% of the total cost of some projects, practitioners told Nairametrics, warning that delays add to the burden.
Nairobi County has gazetted its 2027 land rates, due from 1 January 2027, setting flat charges by plot size and valuation-based rates capped at double what owners paid in 2022.
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.
Ethiopia's housing deficit persists despite heavy public capital because land, building materials and governance bottlenecks, not finance, constrain delivery, The Reporter argues.
Abuja-based K-Haven Luxury Homes and Properties says it will begin property development in Abuja and Lagos, targeting quality construction at reasonable prices and offering diaspora Nigerians managed building projects with progress monitoring.
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.
Ghana's failure to plan and manage its rapidly growing cities is making property development more expensive and discouraging homebuyers, an analysis argues, with weak enforcement of planning laws leaving developers to provide roads, drainage and other services the state should coordinate.
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.
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.