Residential

Published stories attached to the Residential category.

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Nairobi gazettes 2027 land rates with caps tied to 2022 payments

Nairobi County has gazetted its 2027 land rates, due from 1 January 2027, setting flat charges by plot size and valuation-based rates capped at double what owners paid in 2022.

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What it costs to live near South Africa's most prestigious school districts

Homes in the catchment areas of top Western Cape and Gauteng schools generally cost well over R1 million, with Durbanville averaging about R3 million, new analysis of school districts shows.

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Why liquidity alone cannot solve Ethiopia's chronic housing crisis

Ethiopia's housing deficit persists despite heavy public capital because land, building materials and governance bottlenecks, not finance, constrain delivery, The Reporter argues.

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K-Haven Luxury Homes to expand property development to Abuja, Lagos

Abuja-based K-Haven Luxury Homes and Properties says it will begin property development in Abuja and Lagos, targeting quality construction at reasonable prices and offering diaspora Nigerians managed building projects with progress monitoring.

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Employer-backed mortgages could unlock homeownership for salaried Kenyans

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.

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Ghana's poor urban planning is choking the real estate industry, analysis warns

Ghana's failure to plan and manage its rapidly growing cities is making property development more expensive and discouraging homebuyers, an analysis argues, with weak enforcement of planning laws leaving developers to provide roads, drainage and other services the state should coordinate.

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FirstTrust Mortgage Bank unveils N250m mortgage suite to expand homeownership

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.

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Bartlett lists Cape Town Bishopscourt estate at R189m, nearly double 2024 purchase price

British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has listed his seven-bedroom Bishopscourt estate in Cape Town at R189 million through Pam Golding Properties, nearly double the R93.3 million he paid for it in 2024, sharpening debate over foreign capital in the city's luxury market.

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Erosion destroys homes and farmlands in Kano's Mesar Tudu community

Repeated flooding and erosion have destroyed homes and farmlands in Mesar Tudu, a farming community in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, displacing more than 50 households, residents say.