- KNBS data shows Kenya's overall residential property price index climbed to 120.29 in Q2 2026, its highest recorded level
- Standalone houses posted annual price growth of 3.1%, significantly ahead of the 0.1% rise recorded for apartments
- Price movements varied sharply by location, with some Nairobi segments gaining while others recorded declines
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Kenya's residential property prices rose 2.2% in the year to June 2026, driven primarily by stronger performance in the standalone housing segment, according to data released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
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The KNBS Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) report for the second quarter of 2026 shows the overall index climbing to 120.29, up from 117.73 in the same quarter of 2025 and the highest reading in the series. On a quarterly basis, prices rose 1.6% between March and June 2026.
Standalone houses lead annual growth
The price index for standalone houses, which covers maisonettes, bungalows, townhouses and villas, moved from 130.49 in Q2 2025 to 134.47 in Q2 2026, translating into annual growth of 3.1%.
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That pace, however, was slower than the 4.7% annual increase recorded in the same quarter a year earlier, indicating some moderation in price appreciation. On a quarterly basis, standalone house prices grew by 0.7%.
Apartment prices told a different story over the 12-month period. The apartment index edged up from 91.88 to 91.93, representing annual growth of just 0.1%.
Nevertheless, apartments staged a sharper quarterly recovery, with their index rising from 88.72 in Q1 2026 to 91.93 in Q2 2026, a quarterly increase of 3.6%. Apartments include flats and duplexes.
Uneven price movements across Nairobi
The geographical breakdown reveals considerable variation within both property categories.
Among apartments, the Nairobi Upper segment recorded an annual index gain of approximately 4.8%, rising from 92.5 to 96.9, while Nairobi Other posted a sharper increase of approximately 9.5%, climbing from 109.0 to 119.4.
By contrast, Nairobi Middle apartments declined from 87.4 to 86.4, and the Other Regions category fell from 121.4 to 111.6.
Standalone houses followed a similarly mixed pattern. Nairobi Upper recorded annual index growth of approximately 4.5%, moving from 130.2 to 136.0, while Nairobi Other rose sharply from 145.2 to 164.9, a gain of approximately 13.6%.
Nairobi Middle and Other Regions both eased, with their indices declining from 125.6 to 125.2 and from 94.9 to 79.7 respectively.
Annual property price inflation has varied considerably in recent years. It peaked at 15.4% in Q2 2024 before falling sharply to 2.0% in Q2 2025, then edging up slightly to the current 2.2%.
KNBS compiles the index using asking-price data gathered from real estate agents, developers and property advertisements, applying the Rolling Window Time Dummy Hedonic method to isolate price movements from changes in property characteristics.
Because the data reflects advertised asking prices, the figures do not necessarily represent completed transaction prices or sales volumes.
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