Kenya Property Centre
DEMAND VS SUPPLY · 16 OCT TO 14 NOV 2026

Where demand outruns supply in Kiambu.

Searches on Kenya Property Centre measured against the listings live to meet them in Kiambu. Updated 15 Nov 2026.

Searches
5,105
since 17 Sep 2026
Per listing
7.2
since 17 Sep 2026
Found nothing
19.0%
since 17 Sep 2026
Rent budget gap
18% below asking
since 17 Sep 2026
Sale budget gap
39% below asking
since 17 Sep 2026

Most competitive areas

Searches per live listing, rent 8.3 1,628 searches · 196 listings · Index 124 · national 100
Searches per live listing, sale 6.8 3,477 searches · 510 listings · Index 129 · national 100
Searches per live listing, rent

Most competitive towns for rentals

01
Index 94 · national 100
6.3 searches per listing
02
Index 68 · national 100
4.6 searches per listing
03
Index 60 · national 100
4.0 searches per listing
Searches per live listing, sale

Most competitive towns for homes for sale

01
Index 330 · national 100
17.5 searches per listing
02
Index 143 · national 100
7.6 searches per listing
03
Index 103 · national 100
5.5 searches per listing
04
Index 86 · national 100
4.5 searches per listing

Searches in the window divided by the listings live on 14 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

Searches that found nothing, rent 24.9% Mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 50K to KSh 70K
Searches that found nothing, sale 16.3% Mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 5M to KSh 7M
Share of searches with no results, rent

Where rentals are hardest to find

01
Mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 70K to KSh 100K
29.1%
02
Mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 70K to KSh 100K
25.3%
03
Mostly 2 bedroom
3.9%
Share of searches with no results, sale

Where homes for sale are hardest to find

01
Mostly 4 bedroom · KSh 20M to KSh 30M
25.2%
02
Mostly 2 bedroom · KSh 20M to KSh 30M
24.7%
03
Mostly 2 bedroom · KSh 5M to KSh 7M
16.0%
04
Mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 10M to KSh 15M
12.9%

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.

Budgets against asking prices

Searched budget vs asking rent price 18% below asking Typical budget KSh 58K vs KSh 70.7K asked · 37% of listings within the typical budget
Searched budget vs asking sale price 39% below asking Typical budget KSh 13.4M vs KSh 22M asked · 35% of listings within the typical budget

The typical budget is the median maximum price searchers stated, from at least 50 searches that stated one; the asking price is the median of the live listings. "Within budget" is the share of those listings priced at or under the typical budget.

Bedroom mismatch

Searched minus listed, share of each

Bedroom mismatch in Kiambu

Each bar is the share of searches asking for that bed count minus the share of live listings offering it, in percentage points: to the right, more people want it than the market lists; to the left, the reverse. Searches with no bed count stated, and listings with no bedrooms recorded, are left out of both shares.

Where the enquiries go

Enquiries per 100 listings, rent 31 60 enquiries · 196 listings
Enquiries per 100 listings, sale 11 54 enquiries · 510 listings
Enquiries per 100 live listings, rent

Where the rent enquiries go

01
10 enquiries · 28 listings
36 enquiries per 100 listings
02
7 enquiries · 25 listings
28 enquiries per 100 listings
03
15 enquiries · 67 listings
22 enquiries per 100 listings
Enquiries per 100 live listings, sale

Where the sale enquiries go

01
34 enquiries · 200 listings
17 enquiries per 100 listings
02
3 enquiries · 24 listings
13 enquiries per 100 listings
03
2 enquiries · 25 listings
8 enquiries per 100 listings
04
7 enquiries · 87 listings
8 enquiries per 100 listings

Enquiries are contacts made through the site, counted once per person, listing, channel and day, over the 28 days before the latest scoring night (14 Nov 2026), divided by the listings live on 14 Nov 2026.

Furnished and serviced rentals

Furnished rentals: searched vs listed 2.2% of searches 6.6% of live rent listings
Serviced rentals: searched vs listed 1.7% of searches 6.1% of live rent listings

The share of rent searches that asked for a furnished or serviced home, against the share of live rent listings that offer one.

What the data says

What stands out in Kiambu

Thika is the tightest rental market

6.3 searches for every live rent listing, against 6.7 nationally.

29.1% of rent searches in Thika found nothing

46 of 158 searches landed on an empty page — mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 70K to KSh 100K.

Frequently asked

Questions this report answers

Where is rental demand highest relative to supply in Kiambu?

Thika recorded 6.3 searches for every live rent listing between 16 Oct to 14 Nov 2026, the highest of any town with at least 100 searches and 20 listings.

How often do rent searches in Kiambu find nothing?

24.9% of the 1,628 rent searches recorded between 16 Oct to 14 Nov 2026 returned no listings; mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 50K to KSh 70K.

How do rent budgets compare with asking prices in Kiambu?

The typical maximum price searchers stated was KSh 58K, 18% below asking the median asking price of KSh 70.7K; 37% of listings within the typical budget.

How often do sale searches in Kiambu find nothing?

16.3% of the 3,477 sale searches recorded between 16 Oct to 14 Nov 2026 returned no listings; mostly 3 bedroom · KSh 5M to KSh 7M.

How do sale budgets compare with asking prices in Kiambu?

The typical maximum price searchers stated was KSh 13.4M, 39% below asking the median asking price of KSh 22M; 35% of listings within the typical budget.

How is this report measured?

Demand is every property search run in a browser on Kenya Property Centre between 16 Oct to 14 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.

About this report

How we measure demand against supply.

Demand is every property search run in a browser on Kenya Property Centre between 16 Oct to 14 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.

Using this data.

Free to use with credit. You can quote and republish these figures, as long as you credit Kenya Property Centre and link back to this report. They are licensed under CC BY 4.0, as set out in our terms of use.

Source: Kenya Property Centre, Where demand outruns supply in Kiambu, https://kenyapropertycentre.com/market-trends/demand-trends/kiambu

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