Meridian Kenya, Location & Investment Intelligence
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Housing and real estate: where rental blocks pay

Where housing demand is growing, what a block of flats returns in each sub-county, and the rent it needs to beat a government bond.

November 2026333 sub-counties
Overview

140 of Kenya's 333 sub-counties qualify for real estate and housing.

The brief ranks them, explains what drives each ranking, and turns the ranking into a set of sites that work together.

What's inside

  • The top 25 sub-counties nationally, with index, rating, confidence, forecast and strengths
  • A ten-site portfolio chosen by our optimiser, with catchment population and drive time to the nearest large town
  • Where the top 50 places sit across the six business hubs
  • Rental returns for a 24-flat block in every sub-county, with the chance of beating a government bond
  • The rent each place needs before rental building pays
  • Three routes compared: building mass-market, building mid-market, buying finished
  • Rents by county and every model assumption with its source

Preview

RankSub-countyIndexRatingForecast percentileStrengths
Client-only

The housing and real estate brief is part of our client service.

Clients receive a personal access link that opens every report. To request this one, write to [email protected] with your organisation and the decision you are working on, or complete the client onboarding form.