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Property groups have welcomed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement as a stable fiscal plan, but say lower interest rates are needed to revive the housing market.
Kenya's Supreme Court has dismissed Kakuzi PLC's appeal over about 72 acres in Murang'a County, ending a long dispute with Makuyu Club, which has used the land as a golf course since 1934.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos State has delivered 10,623 housing units across 23 estates in its five administrative divisions since 2019, with 4,414 units funded directly from the budget and 6,209 through public-private partnerships.
Raffles Family Office has signed an agreement with the Rwanda Development Board to mobilise hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment, with real estate among the target sectors.
Land-title processing in Lagos can stretch well beyond the official service timeline, and the delays are blocking homeowners and developers from using property as collateral, a policy discussion has warned.
A new analysis by the Tanzania Investment and Consultant Group puts the daily cost of disorganised urban growth in Dar es Salaam at up to 8.5bn/-, and warns the bill could reach 12bn/- by 2030 if current patterns persist.
The Central Bank of Kenya's September 2026 Market Perceptions Survey found that industry decline and cost reduction each accounted for 33 percent of the factors behind real estate respondents' employment expectations for 2026.
At the South African Council of Shopping Centres congress in Durban, retail strategists argued that centres must offer ticketed experiences and membership perks, with e-commerce now about 10% of local retail sales.
Abbey Bank, formerly Abbey Mortgage Bank, says its non-performing loan ratio has fallen from about 80% to zero as it moves into regional commercial banking with a digital-first model.