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Uganda – One Brick at a time…
One brick at a time: Housing microfinance can help poor people build better homes. But it comes with high interest rates Print edition | Finance and economics Whenever Michael jjoga earns some money from his welding business, he buys a bag of cement. Brick by...
Kenya – Banks lend Treasury Sh625bn after rate caps
Commercial banks pumped more money into government securities in the year to December 2017, even as they tightened credit to private enterprises and individual customers, fresh industry data shows.
Kenya – IMF warns over Kenya’s new debts, wants rate cap abolished
The International Monetary Fund has warned that Kenya debt is approaching the unstainable levels following the rate at which new loans are being contracted.
Kenya – Low interest rates fail to excite borrowers
Kenyan banks are sitting on billions as Kenyans shun borrowing despite the interest rates being capped…
Kenya – Consistent upward trajectory in house prices
Details of the housing price index…
Kenya – interest rate cap to drive mortgage market
The housing market to set to reap big from lenders appetite for loans and Government policies, as country country gets into new interest capping regime…
Kenya – House prices up as apartments account for 60pc
house prices went up by 2.2 percent, with apartment sales being the key driver, a survey by the Bankers Association of Kenya shows.
MALAWI _ Minister Muluzi engages media on Malawi land laws: ‘Help address misconceptions’
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Atupele Muluzi on Wednesday held a media sensitisation meeting on land related laws and bills at Golden Peacock in Lilongwe.
Kenya_Cabinet scraps all construction levies to ease home costs
Cabinet has scrapped all construction levies by State agencies and counties in a fresh bid to lower the project costs…
Malawi_New land amendment to empower the poor – Minister
Malawi _ Minister of Housing and Urban development Atupele Muluzi has said that the newly passed Land Amendment Bill, will not only empower the poor, but also women struggling to access land due to cultural issues….