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Kiambu set for tallest building outside Nairobi with 30-floor Tatu City towers

Tatu City has proposed two high-rise residential towers in Ruiru, Kiambu County, the taller rising to 30 floors, in a Sh7.09 billion project that would be the tallest building outside Nairobi.

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Gladdens Homes director charged over Ksh28m housing fraud scheme

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.

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Why women are becoming Kenya's new land buyers

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.

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Old Mutual Kenya in talks with buyers for its tower as it exits property holdings

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.

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Nairobi's expansion is swallowing up rural land, new research on Kiambu reveals

A new book on land and family in central Kenya shows how Nairobi's expansion is driving skyrocketing land prices in Kiambu while smallholders, facing subdivision and inheritance pressures, sell ancestral plots out of a sense of abandon.

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PCEA launches Sh703m fund drive to save Milele Beach Hotel from debt

The Presbyterian Church of East Africa has launched a Sh703 million fundraising drive to rescue its Milele Beach Hotel in Mombasa from debt, after paying Sh50 million to KCB to cut its outstanding loan to Sh753 million.

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Kenyan court clarifies what land buyers can recover after fraudulent deals collapse

A ruling by Kenya's Environment and Land Court in Kisumu shows land buyers can recover money paid and expenses directly linked to a failed transaction — but only where the costs are proven and tied to the deal.

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10 most expensive African cities to rent a 2-bedroom apartment in 2026

Average annual rent for a high-end two-bedroom apartment exceeds $40,000 in Abidjan, Africa’s most expensive rental market, according to a Fortren & Company report.

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Mukuru housing row: Board answers disgruntled depositors

Kenya's Affordable Housing Board has responded to Mukuru applicants who paid deposits for units, saying 15,142 applicants are yet to secure alternative units in the ongoing housing programme.