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How real estate firm rides on industry gaps

iProperties Africa workers at the site (PHOTO: Courtesy)

NAIROBI, KENYA: High prices of houses in Kenya’s major towns has locked many people over decades from their dream of owning apartments.

In upmarket places such as Nairobi’s Lavington, Karen, Runda, Valley Arcade among others houses are sold into hundreds of millions dampening hopes of many aspiring home owners. The land prices in most of these areas are also not affordable to many who cannot access financial facilities from banks.

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