https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/568.html East Africa Residential news 15 Residential Property news - East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/568.html en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:00:06 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/730/234914.html Throughout the year, I have been privileged to closely interact and track markets across multiple cities such as Nairobi, Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg, Cairo, Casablanca, Lusaka, Abidjan and Maputo. 1-234914 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/568/234659.html Amid all the current geopolitical conflicts and economic events, investors are watching the real estate market with bated breath. If recent headlines around the world are anything to go by, they are right to do so. With prices down by 15% from their peak, Sweden's housing market is said to be in "free fall". Germany's could nosedive by 25% from peak to trough. Meanwhile, the foundations of the world's most expensive market, in Hong Kong, are starting to wobble. 1-234659 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/209/360/232167.html German-led engineering firm CPS is building the world's tallest green building - a 28-storey apartment tower designed in hybrid timber technology. Named Burj Zanzibar, the high-rise is designed to stand 96 metres tall and would be Africa's first sustainable high-rise. 1-232167 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:57:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/698/225819.html The tech sector has in many ways set the tone for the global real estate market and, according to Estate Intel, Africa is no exception. It points to Silicon Valley's economic pull during the height of the tech boom when the San Francisco Bay Area attracted thousands of tech workers, resulting in housing price growth of 88%. 1-225819 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/698/225567.html Dubai topped the Knight Frank Prime International Residential Index 100 (PIRI 100) for 2021 with prime prices having accelerated 44% last year. According to The Wealth Report, following seven years of negative price growth and with overall prices still 30% below their 2014 peak, Dubai's relative value came into focus in 2021. 1-225567 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:02:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/801/225301.html Following a recently held board meeting, it was decided that managing director Andrew Chimphondah and pan-African housing financier Shelter Afrique would part ways. 1-225301 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/730/223584.html The last 1000 days have forced players in the public and private sector to adapt to a new set of creative and financial constraints, says trend economist Bronwyn Williams of Flux Trends. Writing in State of Cape Town Central City Report 2020, she says this reaction to waves of accelerated changes causes ripple effects across the global economy. 1-223584 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:56:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/698/222035.html Broll Property Group has observed various trends across the countries in which it operates, including Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia. It's found that while the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the property market across the board, new niche asset classes are also emerging. 1-222035 Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/568/220800.html According to a new report from international property firm Savills, which analysed 15 cities across the globe, 80% of locations saw transaction volumes for end-user residential property exceed H1 2019 figures. Singapore saw the most significant recovery in residential transactions - up 90% annually over the first half of 2019. 1-220800 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/698/218814.html According to Knight Frank's First Half 2021 Kenya Market Update report, prime residential rents declined at a slower rate of 6.02% over the past 12 months to June, compared to a 7.62% decline in a comparable period in 2020, attributing the change to the reopening of the economy, rollout of vaccinations and landlords adjusting rental terms to accept lower rental prices. The continued oversupply of residential developments in certain locations, such as Kilimani, coupled with the current economic state, still makes this sector a buyers' and tenants' market. 1-218814 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 10:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Residential Property East Africa