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Why Kenya's property sector is cooling after years of growth

Sakina Hassanali Head Of Development Consulting and Research. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Expatriate departures and suppressed middle-class purchasing power are key factors slowing down Kenya’s real estate sector, states a new market report.

According to the Hass Index land price report for July to September, the slowdown in Nairobi’s 14 satellite town land prices continued in the third quarter of 2025, registering a meagre 0.84 per cent increase but reducing the price growth for the year to September to 6.6 per cent.

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