Juja, 9 Other Nairobi Estates With Biggest Profit Margins on Land 

Juja delivered the biggest price gains for land owners in 2025, a report by HassConsult shows.

According to the Land Price Index released on Tuesday, January 27, the annual change in land prices in Juja was 13.6%, with an acre of land averaging Ksh26.3 million at the end of December 2025.

Among the satellite towns, land owners in Kiserian witnessed the second-highest gains at 12.4%. An acre of land was averaging Ksh13.5 million in December 2025.

Land prices in Limuru witnessed a growth of 12.1%, with an acre being sold at Ksh27.6 million.

The other two towns that had the highest price growth were Ruiru (10.7%) and Mlolongo (7.7%). Land prices for an acre in the two estates at the end of December were Ksh39.4 million and Ksh47.1 million.

Here are the price gains of other satellite towns and the price of an acre of land 

1. Thika - 7.6% (Ksh31 million)
2. Athi River - 5.4% (Ksh21.3 million)
3. Tigoni - 5.3% (Ksh35 million)
4. Kitengela - 5.2% (Ksh18.7 million)
5. Syokimau - 5.1% (Ksh39 million)
6. Ongata Rongai - 3.8% (Ksh29.1 million)
7. Ngong - 1% (Ksh36 million)
8. Ruaka - 0.7% (Ksh111 million)
9. Kiambu  - -1.5% (Ksh48.8 million)

"Growth was more subdued in the fourth quarter in the year's most heated towns, Juja, Limuru and Kiserian, all of which experienced land price growth of over 12 per cent for the year, but of 3 per cent or less in the final quarter," read the report in part.

"Of these, Juja remained the most buoyant, while Kiserian slowed the most at year's end, with prices rising just 1.3 per cent from September to December. Prices continued to accelerate in Ruiru, jumping a further 3.4 per cent in the last three months of the year and taking annual growth to 10.7 per cent."

Price Gains in Nairobi Suburbs 

Among the suburbs, Spring Valley recorded the highest gains in 2025 at 10.4 %. The average price of an acre was reported at Ksh307.3 million.

Karen delivered the second-highest gains in 2025 at 10.2% with an average of Ksh76 million per acre.

Land in Riverside recorded a price growth of 8.5%, while the price growth in Runda was recorded at 8.3%. The average price for an acre in the two estates was Ksh369 million and Ksh101 million, respectively.  

Among the top 5 gainers in the suburbs was also Loresho, whose land price gain was recorded at 8.1%. The average price of an acre at the end of December 2025 was Ksh119 million.

Here are the price gains of other suburbs and the price of an acre of land 

1. Gigiri - 7.8 % (Ksh262 million)
2. Upperhill 7.3 % (Ksh560 million)
3. Kileleshwa - 5.9 % (Ksh330 million)
4. Kilimani - 5.4% (Ksh432 million)
5. Lavington - 4.9 % (Ksh275 million)
6. Nyari - 4.6 % (Ksh121 million)
7. Kitisuru - 4.4 % (Ksh102 million)
8. Parklands - 3.8 % (Ksh465 million)
9. Muthangari - 3.3% (Ksh397 million)
10. Westlands - 3.2 % Ksh502 million)
11. Langata - 2.3% (Ksh88 million)
12. Muthaiga - 0.2% (Ksh233 million)
13. Ridgeways - -0.1 % (Ksh92 million)

Overall, the average price gain of land in the posh estates was 5.92% in 2025 as compared to 6.48% in 2024. Despite the slight decline. HassConsult reported that the gains for last year were among the highest recorded for the last 10 years.

"2024 and 2025 land price growth has been the strongest we have experienced in Nairobi in a decade, driven by a chase for high-end locations for development,” HassConsult Co-CEO Sakina Hassanali stated.

"This saw ongoing growth concentrated in some of the city's wealthiest suburbs in Q4. Prices continued to surge in Karen, Kilimani, Kitisuru, Gigiri, Riverside and Runda, with a 3% rise in Karen, the largest for the quarter, lifting its annual growth to 10.2%."