| Published Sun, December 31st 2017 at 00:00, Updated December 30th 2017 at 22:47 GMT +3Real estate has become prominent on online retail site OLX where it registered growth in the last six months. Real estate is now the second largest sub-category after cars on OLX. Many people search for property online. Interesting to note is that majority of sellers on OLX are unregistered real estate agents who comprise 39 per cent of all closed deals. ALSO READ: How politics, lack of funding, drought affected real estate sectorAccording to OLX, over 80 per cent of buyers who use the platform are looking for houses for rent, which on the platform ranges from Sh10,000-Sh150,000.

Source: Standard Digital December 30, 2017 21:00 UTC