Leafy suburbs property prices drop on Trump budget cuts effect

Nairobi Expressway captured from Westlands on April 23, 2025. [Benard Orwongo,Standard]

Property prices in Westlands have dropped the most in the last year in the latest index by real estate firm HassConsult, as the effects of the radical trade policies by US President Donald Trump start showing in the sector.

This is as satellite towns, such as Juja, gained at the expense of leafy suburbs associated with diplomatic tenants, United Nations Staff and workers in high-end non-governmental organisations like Gigiri, which recorded a drop in property asking prices.

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