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It may be the best time to invest in Addis real estate that we have seen in a long time.  The high levels of promotion seen these days is one indicator of that although not the only reason why by any means. Over the past […]

Updated for 2023!   A benchmark guide to help you find the best home you can at the best prices with the least risk. It would probably be difficult to make buying a home more complex in Addis compared to most markets around […]

Do you have a nice property in town that you don’t know what to do with? Current prices developers might offer for premium locations might sound interesting but the fast decline of the Birr’s purchasing power means it’s not […]

A lot of real estate purchases in Addis are for investment purposes with rental income a strong consideration.  Hence, rental yield is a concept all such investors should be intimately aware of. Simply put, rental yield is a […]

It’s a question that arises often enough and reflects the difficulty that some have in processing both the high prices (relative to average earning power) and healthy appreciation rates observed in Addis Ababa.  The […]

A global pandemic. War. Skyrocketing inflation. They are but the biggest challenges Ethiopia has gone through in 2013. The impacts on millions of low- or no-income Ethiopians can only be imagined. And the only way we can get […]

If ever there was a time to extend your hand to help those in need, this is it. COVID-19 is not only a public health emergency, its effects extend to the worst economic decline in memory. Perhaps ever. That’s why Presidio […]

How to prepare your office for work in the time of COVID-19? We’re all going to have to get back to work sooner or later.  With the right precautions of course. What exactly are those? Here’s a guide to get started with […]

Addis City Admin is making a campaign for urban vegetable gardening. A commendable action that everyone can sign up for. There are a lot of reasons to practice urban vegetable gardening. Not the least of which is that anyone […]

Everything has changed.  Yet, nothing has changed.  This appears to be the story of the real estate sector in Addis where the only difference as to which option you choose from the paradoxical pairing, depends on how far […]

In what is a major boost for Diaspora buyers trying to link up with safe, credible and effective real estate ownership opportunities in Ethiopia, Presidio Asset Management and Ghion Financial Services have recently concluded […]

SOLD OUT and Delivered to buyers in 2020.   If there’s a better location in town for high end apartments, we don’t know about it!  And we know quite a bit about real estate in Addis.   What’s more, Liyu […]

A benchmark guide to help you find the best home you can at the best prices with the least risk. It would probably be difficult to make buying a home more complex in Addis compared to most markets around the world.  There is […]

It may be the most hyped thing in the Ethiopian real estate market right now.  But concrete information on Diaspora mortgages is a bit hard to come by.  We do our best to shed some light on the topic. One of the defining […]

What you don’t know about how developers calculate the area of an apartment you might be considering buying, could cost you millions. The more you know about how areas could be calculated, the better informed your buying […]

Real estate in Addis has somewhat of a checkered history. And to some extent, we might expect it to in a rapidly developing city which is transforming itself into a modern metropolis before our very eyes.  Especially given a […]

Addis is changing faster than you can say its name.  New neighborhoods are popping up everywhere driven by endless construction of homes, offices and shopping areas. [...] […]

Several months ago, Zeway Trading PLC offered the rough equivalent of a Lifan hatchback/m2 for a plot of land in Mercato.  Public opinion overwhelmingly seems to think this is crazy. [...] […]