Young Kenyans buy apartments in UK to rent out

A street view of London, UK. Kenyan buyers are spending an average of 210,000 pounds (Sh30.7 million) on a house in Birmingham, Manchester, London, Liverpool, and Leeds in the UK. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

Kenya’s middle class and the ultra-rich have turned to the UK to buy houses for renting out as they diversify their investments.

A Britain-based property investment dealer, Mark Pearson says Kenyan buyers are spending an average of 210,000 pounds (Sh30.7 million) on a house in Birmingham, Manchester, London, Liverpool, and Leeds in the UK.

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