Where demand outruns supply in Lamu.
Searches on Kenya Property Centre measured against the listings live to meet them in Lamu. Updated 5 Nov 2026.
Most competitive areas
Searches in the window divided by the listings live on 4 Nov 2026 that a searcher could actually rent or buy — published, priced whole, in KES. The index puts the national rate at 100.
Unmet demand: where searches find nothing
A search found nothing when the page it landed on listed no properties. "Mostly" names the bed count and budget band most of those searches asked for; searches with no bed count or budget stated are counted but not described.
Where the enquiries go
Enquiries are contacts made through the site, counted once per person, listing, channel and day, over the 28 days before the latest scoring night (4 Nov 2026), divided by the listings live on 4 Nov 2026.
Questions this report answers
How often do sale searches in Lamu find nothing?
23.1% of the 229 sale searches recorded between 6 Oct to 4 Nov 2026 returned no listings; mostly 5+ bedroom · KSh 10M to KSh 15M.
How is this report measured?
Demand is every property search run in a browser on Kenya Property Centre between 6 Oct to 4 Nov 2026, counted once per search per visit, with searches by reference number left out; searches began being recorded this way on 17 September 2026 and nothing earlier is used. Supply is the listings live at the end of that period that were published, priced as a whole property in KES and at or above the same price floor the quarterly market report applies. An area is published only with at least 100 searches and 20 live listings; a typical budget needs at least 50 searches that stated one. Figures are refreshed nightly.
How we measure demand against supply.
Demand is every property search run in a browser on Kenya Property Centre between 6 Oct to 4 Nov 2026, counted once per search per visit, with searches by reference number left out; searches began being recorded this way on 17 September 2026 and nothing earlier is used. Supply is the listings live at the end of that period that were published, priced as a whole property in KES and at or above the same price floor the quarterly market report applies. An area is published only with at least 100 searches and 20 live listings; a typical budget needs at least 50 searches that stated one. Figures are refreshed nightly.
No individual search or searcher is published; every figure is a count or a share over an area. Enquiries are counted the way the quarterly market report counts them — once per person, listing, channel and day.
For asking prices, see our average property prices and the quarterly market reports.
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Source: Kenya Property Centre, Where demand outruns supply in Lamu, https://kenyapropertycentre.com/market-trends/demand-trends/lamu
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