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Kenya’s capital, has
maintained its rank in Prime Global Cities third quarter index, Knight Frank
reports.
Out
of the listed 45 global cities that recorded annual growth in Q3 2022,
Nairobi is at position 29 making it
the only African city in the list.
The Knight Frank Prime
Global Cities Index, which tracks movement in the top five per cent of
residential prices across 45 global cities, reported that globally prime price
growth dipped for the second consecutive quarter.
According to the
report, Nairobi recorded 2.9 per cent growth in the year from Q3 2021 to Q3
2022 and posted a change of 0.4 per cent in the last six months, and 0.5 per
cent over the last three months.
“The index, places
Nairobi two positions ahead of London and one position behind Geneva.
Wellington City in Australasia, the region consisting of Australia, New
Zealand, New Guinea, and neighboring islands in the Pacific
Ocean, closes the list of the 45 cities surveyed,” says the report.
Prime is defined as
the most desirable and expensive property in a location, defined as the top
five per cent of each market by value.
In the period under
review the average annual growth dropped from 10 per cent in Q1 to 7.5 per
cent in Q3.
The report indicates a
marked slowdown, as 19 out of the 45 cities tracked registered a decline
between June and September 2022.
It says resilient labor
markets, a lack of supply and well capitalized lenders will support prime
prices in most markets into 2023.
However, the transition out of a sustained period of low lending rates will lead to pinch points in some markets, particularly amongst highly-leveraged prime landlords, potentially adding to stock levels in some cities.