REAL ESTATE NEWS

A group of investors drawn from the United Kingdom have inked a deal to build 80,000 houses under President Kenyatta’s affordable housing project. The deal to develop the new housing units was sealed during the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit held in London last week, according to Housing…

Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui has announced that the construction of over 2,000 houses under the government’s affordable housing project will commence in Naivasha in February 2020. The 2,400 housing units will be put up under a joint partnership between the Nakuru County government, the World Bank…

President Kenyatta on Friday launched the construction of more than 8,000 houses in Mavoko, Machakos County. The 8,888 houses will be built under Kenyatta’s affordable housing program and their construction will be funded by the United Nations through the Habitat Heights Company. The Mavoko project…

Kenyan women who are unable to secure abortions are using Coca Cola and other means to kill unwanted newborn babies, according to human rights activists.  Human rights activists says that mothers in Kenya feed their newborns with Coca Cola once they are born to get rid of them, UK’s The…

Kenyans who have applied to purchase government-funded cheap houses have been asked to begin making payments of as low as Sh200 per month. The State Department of Housing and Urban Development sent a text message to 270,854 Kenyans who have registered on Boma Yangu, an online portal that allows…

At least 270,000 Kenyans have registered on Boma Yangu, an online portal that allows people to apply for homes that will be built under the government’s affordable housing scheme. Out of those who have registered for cheap houses, about 14,800 of them are already making contributions, according to…

Old houses at Jevanjee and Bachelors estates in Nairobi are set to be demolished to give room for the setting up of 3,000 housing units in the next two years. The current 80 tenants in the two estates will be given Sh600,000 each to seek alternative accommodation during the construction of the…

A Nairobi landlord has moved Kenyans on social media following his decision to reduce monthly rent for his tenants. In a letter dated October 17th, the property’s manager identified as Simon Ngugi asked occupants of Muhu Building on Naivasha Road in Dagoretti North, Nairobi to pay Sh2,000 less on…

A new report has named areas within Nairobi and its surroundings where land prices are highest and lowest. Kiserian in Kajiado County offered investors the lowest price for an acre of land while Nairobi’s Upper Hill retained its position as the most expensive location, according to the report made…

Flying Squad detectives on Friday arrested former Tetu Member of Parliament Ndung’u Gethenji at his home in Nairobi. Ndung’u was arrested following eruption of chaos over a dispute for ownership of a multi-billion-shilling estate pitting him against his elder brother Gitahi Gethenji, according to…