2017

The average time a home stays on the market before being sold has increased further by two days to fifteen weeks and six days in the third quarter. These figures show that the market is slowly drifting away from equilibrium and price realism. John Loos, a household and property sector strategist at FNB said that 93 per cent of properties sold for less that the asking price in the third quarter compared...

In 2017, Zambia climbed up from 98 to 85 on the 2018 World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings. The country was also in seventh position on the Top-10 reformers, with Brunei leading at one. Over the course of the last year, Zambia implemented three reforms that helped making business easier in Lusaka. The reforms were in the areas of getting credit, paying taxes and trading across borders. The...

During the first quarter of 2017, Zambia saw an economic growth of 3% mainly because of the mining, information and communication and financial sectors. In this steadily growing economy, the country’s real estate sector is now beginning to leverage off and it is looking forward to a new chapter. At the second annual ZamReal Property Forum held at the Radisson Blue Hotel on 27th September 2017, the key...

A minor 4.1 magnitude quake stroke on Thursday. Fortunately, it was only small and even if buildings rattled a bit, there was no collapse or damage. Nonetheless, people of Chibombo district felt it hard because no one expected it. The earthquake was at a depth of 12 kilometres at latitude 16.3165 and longitude 28.3125. It seems like the area is becoming more vulnerable to earthquakes; the last one...

Investors bring different skills and qualities. Some bring expertise and equipment, other, like Somalian and Lebanese did when they pioneered block-making in the country, bring inspiration. After joining the business, Zambians are giving foreign nationals hard competition. Zambia has been very hospitable to investors whom in return are expected to follow procedures before setting up their operation in...

Zambia can be proud of its economic growth of 3% during the first quarter of 2017 according to research figures. This growth is the result of the activity in the mining, information and communication, as well as financial services sectors. The real estate sector stands to benefit from this situation. Recently, the ZamReal Property Forum, held on 28 September at the Radisson Blu in Lusaka, talked about the...

Our partner Caryandi has become in six months of operation the most important classifieds website dedicated to cars. It helps thousands Zambian people to sell and buy cars every month. Users can search for any kind of cars and enjoy the visibility of Caryandi. The website is followed by 40,000 people on Facebook and its community is growing very fast. As ZambianHome and Caryandi propose the same kind...

After several months of activity, thousands of monthly users and 20,000 likes on Facebook, ZambianHome is proud to launch the first mobile app for real estate in Zambia. The app has all the features of the computer version and makes browsing even easier. Users will be able to use our search tool to look for flats, apartments, houses, farms, lands and even more on the app. People can create listings to...

You have devoted a significant amount of your valuable time and energy in search for an apartment and you haven’t found one yet. Worry not, your search is about to come to a rewarding end. Renting a house or an apartment in Lusaka has never been made this easy. If you are dreaming of having the best home or apartment either situated in the heart of Lusaka - Northmead, Olympia Park, Kalundu, K, or one...

You moved in your new home, everything is well tidied and confortable, there is just one thing a bit annoying... the garden. The grass is already very high, your tree is threatening your neighbor's wall and you can not see anymore your fence behind the hedge. You know it's gonna be a tough time to cut everything and between your work and family you already have a busy life. But there are specialized...