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Tough economy cools Kenyans' huge appetite for buying land

Sakina Hassanali, Head of Development Consulting and Research HassConsult. [File, Standard]

Despite Kenyans' long-held love affair with land, economic headwinds are putting a damper on the country's property market.

The Hass Land Price Index for the fourth quarter of 2024 published yesterday, reveals a significant slowdown in land price growth, particularly in Nairobi's satellite towns.

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