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Figures as at 30 September 2026 · Q3 2026 · Next release Second Tuesday, January 2027
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The quarterly reading of the JW Nairobi Office Index against nine years of structured evidence, with occupancy, upper-floor rent and service charge by submarket for the nine nodes that meet the Five-Building Threshold. Every figure is published with its sample size, and the methodology states where the coverage begins and ends.
Indicators, the latest report and current commentary for each sector — and, where coverage is still being built, a plain statement of that rather than a figure we cannot evidence.
Rents sit above their 2017 base while capital values sit meaningfully below — the repricing in this market has happened on the capital side, not the income side.
Structured retail evidence is being built to the same standard as our office register — dated observations, stated sources and published sample sizes. We publish a sector when the evidence supports it, not before.
Mixed-use schemes are assessed component by component, which means a credible sector view needs office, retail and residential evidence in the same building. We are assembling that base before publishing a blended figure.
Affordable housing is a policy-driven delivery programme with its own regulatory and financing structure. Our coverage is being built around delivery pipeline and end-user financing rather than unit-type averages, and will publish once the programme data is verified.
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Produces a structured risk screen from the information you supply. It is not a valuation, a legal opinion or a substitute for a physical inspection, and does not verify title at the registry. Launch Tool →Evaluate development viability through financial modelling and investment analysis.
Parameters reflect the Nairobi City County Development Control Policy in force at the last review date shown below. Outputs are indicative appraisals for early-stage screening, not a development appraisal issued under instruction. Launch Tool →Access title conversion guidance, land registration references and property ownership resources.
A pre-screening and reference resource, not a transactional system of record. Entries are compiled from published gazette and registry notices and must be confirmed against the official register before any transaction. Launch Tool →Short-form analysis on the markets, regulation and valuation practice shaping property decisions now.
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None of the evidence in the register is yet independently verified. Observations are compiled from valuation instructions, agency mandates and market enquiry, and are stated as recorded rather than as audited.
Eighty-three percent of the register's observations predate 2024. Current-period samples are comparatively thin, which is why the platform leads with the index rather than a current-snapshot rent.
Structured evidence exists for Nairobi commercial office only. Retail, mixed use and affordable housing are shown as coverage in development, and no figure is published for them.
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Next release Second Tuesday, January 2027
This platform presents aggregated market research prepared by the JW Advisory Team. It is provided for general information and does not constitute a valuation, an opinion of value for any specific property, investment advice, or a recommendation to transact. Figures are drawn from compiled market evidence and are subject to the limitations described under Methodology. JW Realty & Consulting Limited accepts no liability for reliance placed on this platform. Formal valuations are undertaken separately under the Valuers Act (Cap. 532) by instruction.
Data supplied to us under client instruction is excluded from this research.
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