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Mixed fortunes: No joy for low and middle-segment buyers

Kisaju view park houses in Kajiado county in Isinya taken on 31st March 2015. [PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]

Kenya: A recently released report shows that while the top end of the market reported a slowdown towards the end of 2014, demand in the low and middle-income residential areas far outstripped supply.

“Activity (in the high-end residential segment) has been affected by an oversupply of prime property and security concerns, which have been most evident in Nairobi and Mombasa. However, the low to middle-income residential market remained resilient, with demand for such housing still outstripping supply,” says the Knight Frank Africa Report for 2015.

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