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Official data from Statistics South Africa shows home values in Limpopo rose 9.5% year on year, making the province the country's second-fastest growing residential property market behind the Western Cape.
With only a tiny share of Kenya's salaried workers able to access mortgages, industry players are pushing employer-backed home loans repaid through payroll check-off as a way to lift homeownership and help developers scale up.
Developers are increasingly seeking financing for housing projects in prime Lagos areas such as Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki, driven by infrastructure and growing middle-class prosperity, says Sage Grey Group Managing Director Temitope Runsewe.
FirstTrust Mortgage Bank has launched a suite of mortgage and real estate development products with facilities of up to N250 million and repayment tenors of up to 20 years, targeting individual buyers, self-employed professionals and commercial developers.
With the Federal Housing Authority breaking ground on a 241-unit estate in Osogbo and land still comparatively affordable, developers and analysts say Osun State is becoming one of the more closely watched housing markets in Nigeria's South-West.
Bildad Nzuki Wambua, a director of Gladdens Homes Limited, has been charged over an alleged housing fraud scheme in which 22 victims are reported to have lost Ksh28 million.
More young Kenyan women are buying land to build financial security and control their own assets, reshaping the profile of the country's property buyers and opening a new market for developers and lenders.
Old Mutual Holdings is in discussions with potential buyers for its office tower and is reviewing offers on other properties as it pushes ahead with plans to dispose of its real estate holdings, its group CEO has said.
GodMade Homes Limited will host its Real Estate Conference 2026 in Benin City from September 24 to 26, focused on preserving wealth across generations.