New pension rule could further raise housing demand
Treasury Cabinet Secretary UKur Yattani has this week gazetted the Retirement Benefits Mortgage Loans Amendment Regulations, 2020 which gives members of pension schemes permission...
Nairobi’s Share of Green Public Spaces Less Than Global Average
UN-Habitat and the Nairobi City County Government released the Nairobi City County Public Space Inventory and Assessment Report this month revealing the status of the...
Equity Bank In Dispute With Ugandan Developer Over Ksh. 600M Loan
Equity Bank has threatened to auction properties located along Kampala’s Lumumba avenue over failure by the owner, Simbamanyo Estates to service a loan agreement.
Equity...
Planning more important than prediction for Africa’s property sector now
An understandable response to the economic fallout of Covid-19 is for governments, industries and businesses trying to predict the path that the global economy...
NSSF warns Kenyans of land fraudsters
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has warned Kenyan land buyers of the fraudsters who have been targeting individuals seeking to purchase land in...
Why service charges could be killing your property investments
Recent months have seen a good number of properties foreclosed by lenders following a rise in mortgage defaults by owners. Some of these are...
Three ways of buying property you need to know
‘You make money when you buy’ is a well-known investment principle and currently, Nairobi is a buyers market. In real estate transactions, there are...
A Decade in Real Estate
Ten years is a short time in real estate markets. A single skyscraper project could take half a decade to complete while certain projects...
Top 5 construction technologies to watch in 2020
Sustainability and Green Buildings
Many investors have increasingly embraced green. This has created incentives for builders to design buildings that reduce environmental impacts and promote...
How predictive data is helping building professionals future proof their designs
Architects and design professionals create drawings and conceptual designs using data from the present to build structures in the future. Delays happen. In the...