Kenya Property Centre
Market Trends · August 2026

Property demand trends in Kenya.

See where Kenyans are searching for homes — by county, town and property type.

Location
Category
Type
Bedrooms
August 2026 snapshot

Search activity across Kenya

Searches
0
in Aug
Counties
0
tracked
Towns
0
tracked
Top growth
Nairobi
+223%

Top Counties

View all counties
01
51.4%
02
16.6%
03
11.7%
04
11.1%
05
9.3%
28.6%
02
22.4%
03
20.1%
04
15.3%
05
13.6%
01
55.0%
02
28.5%
03
10.1%
6.3%

Property Types

View all types
01
52.9%
02
24.3%
04
3.7%
What the data says

Three things shaping demand this month

Nairobi West leads demand

Nairobi West accounts for 28.6% of the towns searches we tracked in August — more than anywhere else.

How demand splits by category

For Rent (55.0%) and For Sale (28.5%) lead the category mix this August.

Nairobi is the breakout

Searches for Nairobi are up 223% month on month — the fastest-growing county in our data.

About this report

How we measure demand.

This report is built from every property search run on Kenya Property Centre during the month. We aggregate the queries by county, town, category and type — and rank them by share of total searches.