The rise in standalone house prices contrasted with the performance of high-end apartments in Nairobi, where values declined over the same period.
By
Edna Mwenda
Business Reporter
Nation Media Group
The prices of detached houses in Nairobi’s middle-income neighbourhoods such as Parklands, Westlands, Hurlingham, Kileleshwa, Kilimani and their surrounding areas recorded the strongest growth over the past year, pointing to a shift in Kenya’s residential property market as buyers increasingly favour larger homes over high-end urban apartments.
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