The prices of detached houses in Nairobi’s middle-income neighbourhoods such as Parklands, Westlands, Hurlingham, Kileleshwa, Kilimani and their surrounding areas recorded the strongest growth over the past year, pointing to a shift in Kenya’s residential property market as buyers increasingly favour larger homes over high-end urban apartments.
New data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Residential Property Price Index shows that the standalone house index in Nairobi’s middle-income segment rose by 20.4 percent between the first quarter of 2025 and a similar period in 2026, marking the highest annual increase among all residential property categories.
