Juja, Kiserian and Ongata Rongai recorded the highest growth in residential property sales prices among Nairobi’s satellite towns in the year ended March as buyers shifted their focus from the suburbs to more affordable areas with good infrastructure and amenities.
Latest property data compiled by real estate firm HassConsult shows that house prices in Juja recorded the highest annual increase in sales prices at 13.8 percent, followed by Kiserian at 11.4 percent and Ongata Rongai at nine percent.
“In Nairobi's satellite towns, asking prices rose 4.9 percent with Juja standing out [although] all 10 surveyed towns reported price appreciation across all properties,” said Sakina Hassanali, co-CEO and creative director of HassConsult.
“Nairobi’s satellite towns returned to their best price performance in two and a half years on rising demand due to more affordable prices, while prices in the city’s suburbs contracted for a fifth straight quarter,” she added.
In the suburbs, Ridgeways and Loresho recorded the highest annual sales price growth, while Gigiri and Kitisuru contracted.
Ridgeways posted a 13.2 percent growth in property values, while Loresho’s house prices grew by 11.7 percent.
House prices in Gigiri fell by 7.8 percent and Kitisuru 3.8 percent, making them the cheapest properties in Nairobi’s suburbs.
According to the HassConsult data, the average value of a property has risen from Sh7.1 million in December 2000 to Sh37.6 million in March 2025.
The average value of a one to three-bedroom property is currently Sh12.9 million and a four to six-bedroom house is Sh41.4 million.
“The improvement of infrastructure and amenities has given satellite towns the convenience that was previously the preserve of suburbs, but at a lower average price point of Sh14.46 million per unit compared to Sh32.46 million in the suburbs, putting them within reach of a larger buyer pool,” said Ms Hassanali.
Detached houses had the highest annual return on sales at 6.9 percent, compared to apartments, which posted 0.2 percent growth and 1.8 percent for semi-detached houses.
Rentals in Kitengela and Kiambu had the highest return of 14.9 percent and 10.8 percent respectively, while Athi River (-2.2 percent), Tigoni (-3.6 percent), and Kiserian (-3.6 percent) had the lowest.
The higher yields reported in Juja, Kiserian, and other satellite towns are attributed to increased demand for land in the outlying towns driven by middle-class buyers and developers looking for affordable plots to put up houses.
Juja has benefited from road infrastructure and investors attracted by the development of housing and associated land for higher education centres in the area.
Buyers are conscious of prices reflecting a tough economy where businesses have struggled to generate profits, while job losses and diminishing consumer spending power have affected the ability of landlords to raise rents.
