REAL ESTATE NEWS

President Kenyatta is set to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony for 500,000 low-cost houses on December 11th at Parklands, Nairobi. Housing Principal Secretary Charles Mwaura says the houses will be constructed between 2019 and 2022 at a total cost of Sh1.3 trillion under the affordable…

The government has announced it will demolish more than 3,000 illegal buildings in Nairobi in the coming weeks. Public Works Principal Secretary Paul Maringa says the structures to be brought down are ones whose owners ignored demolition notices served to them by the National Construction Authority…

Officers from the Nairobi County government have on Friday arrested the owner of a Nairobi building that caused online uproar over claims that it is unsafe. Caroline Wanjiru, the owner of the seven-storey building under construction in Kayole estate has been arrested following orders from Nairobi…

A section of Members of Parliament have opposed the planned demolition of Nairobi's  Seefar Apartments over claims that it stands on riparian land. Instead, the MPs want the water reservoir located near Seefar Apartments in Highrise Estate along Mbagathi Way destroyed to save the multi-million…

The county government of Nairobi has stopped further construction of a visibly defective building in the city and ordered its demolition. In a notice, City Hall has asked the owner to bring down the seven-story building located near Beecentre roundabout along Kayole Spine Rd. "You are hereby…

Former Ol Kalou MP Erastus Mureithi is set to lose almost all properties registered under his name over a Sh1.6 billion unpaid loan. This comes after Keysian Auctioneers put on sale thirty four parcels of land belonging to Mureithi for failing to service a Sh1.6 billion loan taken from a Nairobi…

The demolition of illegal buildings in Nairobi is set to resume this week after the National Treasury released funds for the operation. National Building Inspectorate chairman Moses Nyakiongera says several property owners in the city have refused to bring down condemned structures despite being…

The government can continue with plans of putting up more than 7,000 housing units in Nairobi's Shauri Moyo estate, the High Court has ruled. The ruling comes after 300 civil servants moved to court seeking to have the plan stopped until the government provides them with alternative accommodation.…

Home owners at Nairobi's Seefar Apartments can breath a temporary sigh of relief after the government extended the demolition notice for a period three months. The Water Resources Management Authority (Warma) has extended the deadline for the demolition by 90 days to pave way for a comprehensive…

Residents of Nairobi's Seefar Apartments have  taken to the streets to protest the planned demolition of their homes. The more than 200 home owners marched to the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) offices demanding for a detailed report on the alleged encroachment of Nairobi…