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Housing Finance strives to increase mortgage lending
Kenya’s leading mortgage lender Housing Finance is seeking to raise more cash in the second half of 2013 and increase mortgage lending. Housing Finance said it was in the process…
90pc of Kenyans can’t afford a mortgage
Almost ninety percent of Kenyans do not earn enough to support a mortgage, according to a new report by Johannesburg-based Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF). In its…
Marriage certificate now mandatory for mortgage application
Thanks to new land laws that require the involvement of spouses in property acquisition, a marriage certificate is now a requirement for anyone applying for a mortgage. The demand that…
Rafiki DTM launches Sh1m mortgage
Rafiki Deposit Taking Micro-finance, a subsidiary of Chase Bank, has unveiled a mortgage product targeting low-income earners. The micro-finance lender will fund homes built using low cost technologies with prices…
High interests slow down real estate boom
High cost of borrowing is hurting the real estate sector as developers and home buyers struggle to adjust to the demanding financing requirements. In its Q1 2012 report, the Kenya…
HF tops list of top residential mortgage lenders
Housing Finance (HF) was the top residential mortgage lender in 2011, according to the Central Bank of Kenya’s second baseline residential mortgage survey. According to the survey HF had 4,932…
