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Satellite towns and peri-urban areas are growing 20-30 per cent faster than Nairobi as infrastructure improves, according to a new LEAF Africa report on real estate investment in Africa.
Moody's Ratings has awarded Centum Re's Green Bond Framework its highest sustainability quality score, making the real estate developer the first in East Africa to receive the top rating.
Kenya's High Court has upheld a Sh3.5 million damages award against Crown Paints for using a commercial building in Thika for advertising without the property owner's consent.
The Environment and Lands Court has barred Kenya's NEMA from enforcing a closure order against 213 Lavington Club in Nairobi over noise pollution complaints.
Africa's real estate market is now valued at approximately USD 17.6 trillion, representing about 2.7 percent of global real estate value, according to a new LEAF Africa study report. The report identifies Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana as the continent's fastest-growing property markets.
Kenya is pushing lenders to move beyond traditional payslips and build an inclusive mortgage market, targeting growth from about 30,000 mortgages towards one million as its affordable housing programme scales up.
The Kenya Revenue Authority can now pursue unpaid housing levy as though it were tax debt, after the Finance Act 2026 gave it explicit recovery powers, with more than Sh100 billion estimated unpaid or evaded.
International Housing Solutions Kenya says expensive financing and tax uncertainty are slowing the country's affordable housing push, as it unveils a Sh1 billion, 240-unit development in Tilisi.
A Kenyan High Court has ruled that KCB Bank acted within its rights in placing Northcote Business Centre's Kilimani apartment blocks under administration to recover defaulted Sh2 billion ($16 million) loans.