Shortage hits low-end housing market on developer rent bias

KBA chief executive Habil Olaka and an apartment block in the city’s Hurlingham area. PHOTOS | DIANA NGILA and FILE

The lower end residential housing market has been hit by short supply of units for sale as developers prefer renting to selling, the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has said.

While releasing the latest KBA Housing Price Index, the association said the new units being put up are mainly targeting the mid segment of the market.

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