Banks hold back funds discharged from CBK reserves

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial banks have held back funds released from the lowering of the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) in March by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). Accor...

banks , Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) , CBK , governor patrick njoroge

Westlands – Parklands best performing node with higher rental yields: report

By Citizen Reporter,

Westlands - Parklands was the best performing node, recording an average rental yield of 6.1%, according to a report from Cytonn Real Estate. This ...

Kilimani , Parklands , Westlands

Online commerce drives down returns for retail investors

By Kepha Muiruri,

Retail real estate investors have marked a further contraction in yields this year owing largely to the accelerated growth of e-commerce under the COV...

Cytonn Real Estate , e-commerce , retail in Kenya

Shopping malls in Kenya seethe as major retailers fold

By Kepha Muiruri,

Shopping malls in Kenya are seething from the folding of a number of supermarkets from which they greatly rely on for customer footfall and tenants. ...

shopping malls , supermarkets

CMA seeks new orders to quash court battle with Cytonn

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has requested High Court’s commercial and admiralty division to throw out a petition by Cytonn Investment in whi...

CMA , Cytonn Investment

Cytonn slams CMA over ‘out-of-fashion’ regulations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cytonn Investment has slammed the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) over out of fashion regulations which it blames for the continued market stagnation....

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Cytonn Investment , Edwin Dande

Inside Cytonn’s ‘war’ with the Capital Markets Authority

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cytonn Investment Chief Executive Officer Edwin Dande is putting up a spirited fight with the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) over the deployment of p...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Cytonn Investment , Edwin Dande

OPINION: Hedges or fences? What home-owners need to consider

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga Perhaps because their primary objective is concealment rather than a complementary to the beauty of the main investment, bou...

COVID-19: Auctioneers stuck with properties they can’t sell

By Kepha Muiruri,

The number of listed auctions has continued to grow unchecked as the COVID-19 pandemic pierces through the economy for the fifth straight month. Ne...

auctioneers , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Land Act (2012)

Nairobi residents still reliant on landlords as home ownership well dries up

By Kepha Muiruri,

A tough economy has left Nairobi residents reliant on rental properties with the availability to funds to purchase homes drying up in the last year. ...

Cytonn Research , real estate in Kenya

Ruiru, Ruaka and Utawala among satellite towns leading lift in Nairobi land prices

By Kepha Muiruri,

Sustained demand for parcels of land inside Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA) satellite towns has paid dividends for land investors as land prices recov...

Cytonn Real Estate , land prices

Construction and property industry significantly slowed down by Covid-19

By Patrick Igunza,

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage various economic sectors, Kenya's property market hasn’t been spared either. In the wake of job cuts...

Ben Woodhams , COVID-19 , Knight Frank , Real Estate

Commercial bank loans expected to shape economy in 2020 – Report

By Kepha Muiruri,

The filtering in of new loans into the economy is expected to shape growth prospects across the year following the freeing up of credit terms under th...

2020 economic outlook , Cytonn Investment , Kenya's GDP growth rate

Cytonn eyes Ksh.30 billion from high net worth investors

By Kepha Muiruri,

Alternative investment firm Cytonn has set its sights on mopping up Ksh.30 billion worth of investor funds through its launch its first regulated high...

Cytonn Investments , Edwin Dande

Cytonn shelves listing plan, cites depressed stock market

By Kepha Muiruri,

Alternative investments firm Cytonn has put off its public listing plan citing the continued depressed performance of company stocks. The firm whic...

Cytonn Investments , ipo , nse

Establishment of new Malls extend losses for retail property investors

By Kepha Muiruri,

The establishment of new malls in the past year has extended losses for retail property investors, a new report shows. According to the annually pu...

Real Estate , shopping malls

The real estate sector fall extends into second half of the year

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s real estate sector recent deterioration has extended into the second half of the year as the culmination of oversupply and delayed construct...

Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) , Cytonn Research , Real Estate

Cytonn lines up first publicly funded debt issue

By Kepha Muiruri,

Investor manager Cytonn has sought approval from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to register its first Development Real Estate Investment Trust (D...

CMA , Cytonn Investments , nse , REIT

Real estate brokers ease fears of sector crashing even as property prices fall

By Kepha Muiruri,

Developers in the real estate industry have quelled fears of an impending crash to one of Kenya’s key economic segment even as property prices remai...

Cytonn Real Estate , Hass Consult , Knight Frank , real estate in Kenya , Regent Group

Kenyans lose millions as Suraya housing project collapses

By Raquel Muigai,

A number of Kenyans have found themselves counting losses in millions of shillings after the Suraya projects failed. This despite the off-plan inve...

suraya , Wairimu Thimba