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House prices in Lavington saw the highest growth among Nairobi suburbs in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025, according to the latest HassConsult Q4 House Price Index.
Prices in Lavington rose by 2.8%, followed by Westlands at 2.6% and Karen at 2.4%.
Overall, property prices across 18 city suburbs increased by 0.8% in Q4, while rents rose by 1.5%.
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The report also revealed that Westlands apartments recorded the largest annual decline in sales prices, falling 11.5% in 2025, although Q4 saw only a slight dip of 0.5% as demand started absorbing new supply.
On the rental side, Runda posted the highest growth in Q4 at 3.1%, followed by Lavington at 2.6%. For apartments, Upper Hill led in rental growth at 2%, while Lang’ata recorded 0.7%.
HassConsult Co-CEO Sakina Hassanali explained that apartment demand continues to expand, but each area can only absorb a certain volume of new developments at a time.
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Large projects often result in temporary rate dips as developers offer discounts to achieve full occupancy.
In Nairobi’s satellite towns, Tigoni recorded the strongest house price growth at 2.2%, followed by Ruiru at 2.1%, and also led rental growth at 2.8%. Apartment sales in these towns increased 2.2% in Q4, while rents rose 3%. Kitengela saw house price growth of 1.6%, with rents up 1.1%.
The report noted that rising house rents in satellite towns, particularly Ruiru, where rents grew 15.6% over the year before stabilizing in Q4, supported overall property price growth.
Apartment performance in satellite towns was more mixed. Syokimau saw apartment prices jump 10.1% in 2025, rising 2.2% in Q4, whereas Kiambu experienced the largest annual drop at 4.4%. Apartment rents, however, increased significantly across all satellite towns.
