May 2025

Industry Highlights: Week Ending 24.05.2025 Real Estate Sector Tatu City partnership with Stanbic Bank Tatu City has partnered with Stanbic Bank to enhance property ownership accessibility for Kenyans and diaspora investors. The collaboration offers up to 105% financing at a competitive flat interest rate of 9.5% for homes valued up to KES 10.5 million.

Industry HIghlights - Week ending 10.05.2025 Real Estate Sector Treasury projects housing levy flows to hit Sh95.84 billion The National Treasury projects to collect Sh 95.84 billion from the housing development levy in the financial year starting July, signalling a boost to the government’s plan to put up 200,000 subsidised houses annually for middle- and lower-income households.

Industry Highlights - Week Ending 17.05.2025 01. Real Estate Sector Superior Homes Kenya partnership with KCB Bank Superior Homes Kenya, a real estate developer, has entered into a strategic partnership with KCB Bank Group to create innovative mortgage solutions to empower homebuyers. The agreement will give investors access to customised mortgage solutions from KCB Bank, targeting mid-income and premium market segments.

Mothers in Kenya are the bedrock of homes, communities, and economies, quietly moving mountains while the world watches in awe or fails to notice at all. As Mother's Day approaches, Acre Magazine takes a moment to not just say thank you but to spotlight their strength, stories, and silent revolutions, especially in the property and lifestyle spaces we live and breathe every day.

Industry Highlights – Week Ending 03.05.2025 Real Estate Sector. Banks and Saccos eye affordable home KMRC loan funds The Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC) is reviewing submissions from 42 commercial banks and SACCOs to determine their eligibility for accessing long-term funding for onwards lending to homebuyers. This follows KMRC’s move to open its doors to non-shareholding lenders. Source: Business Daily