Who We Are | Keyora Consult – Kenya's First Off-Market Property Consultancy

Who We Are

Keyora Consult is not a real estate agency.
It is something Kenya has never had before.

Keyora Consult is Kenya's first dedicated off-market property consultancy. We are a professional advisory firm that represents buyers, sellers, and investors in property transactions — but unlike every real estate agency in Kenya, we operate on a single-client mandate model with a fixed advisory fee and no commission income from any transaction.

We were founded in Nairobi in 2025 with a specific conviction: that the Kenyan property market needed a firm whose advice was structurally independent — not just claimed to be, but actually structured to be. A firm that earns its fee from the client and from nothing else.

That firm is Keyora Consult. It is what we are, and it is what we will remain.

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The Problem We Solve

Kenya's property market has a
structural problem.

Every Kenyan who has bought or sold property has experienced the same thing: the advice they received was shaped not just by their interests, but by the financial interests of the person giving the advice. The agent who recommends a property earns more if the sale completes at a higher price. The developer's sales consultant is employed by the developer. The broker who says "this is a great deal" earns a fee when the deal closes, regardless of whether it was genuinely great for you.

This is not a character flaw in Kenya's property professionals. It is a structural problem with the agency model itself. When an advisor earns more from your transaction than from the quality of their advice, the quality of the advice is compromised — every time, in every market, in every country.

In mature property markets — London, New York, Sydney, Dubai — the solution to this problem is established and well-used: independent property consultancy. A firm that represents only one side of a transaction, charges a fixed fee for professional advice, and earns nothing from the transaction completing except the professional satisfaction of having done the job well.

That model has never existed in Kenya in a structured form. Keyora Consult was built to introduce it — and to build it properly, from the ground up, with the fee structure, the mandate system, and the operational protocols that make genuine independence possible.

Our Mission

To give every Kenyan property buyer, seller, and investor access to genuinely independent professional advice — for the first time.

Our Capabilities

Our mission is simple in statement and demanding in execution. Simple, because what we are trying to do is clear: give Kenyans access to independent property advice that puts their interests first. Demanding, because doing that well requires discipline — discipline in our fee structure, in our client mandate system, in the way we conduct due diligence, and in the way we deliver advice that is sometimes not what the client hoped to hear.

We measure our success not by the number of transactions we advise on or the total value of deals we have been involved in — but by one thing: whether our clients, at the end of every engagement, feel that the advice they received was genuinely in their interest.

That is a high bar. It is the right bar. It is the only bar that matters for a firm that calls itself independent.

Keyora vs The Agency Model

What we are —
and what we are not.

Understanding what Keyora Consult is requires understanding what we are not. The distinction is not trivial — it determines the quality of every piece of advice we give.

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A consultancy

We are engaged by a client to provide professional advice. Our income comes from advisory fees paid by our client, and from nothing else.

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Single-client mandate

Every engagement is for one client only. We never represent both sides of a transaction simultaneously, in any form.

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Fixed advisory fee

Our fee is agreed upfront and does not change based on the transaction price. We earn no more if you pay more.

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Will advise against a deal

We will tell you when a property is not worth buying, when a price is too high, or when a title has problems — even if it means the transaction does not proceed.

✗ A Real Estate Agency

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A commission-based agency

Agents earn a percentage of the transaction value. Their income depends on deals completing, not on the quality of their advice.

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Dual mandates

Most agencies in Kenya represent sellers and buyers simultaneously — earning from both sides of the same transaction.

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Commission on sale price

The higher the price, the higher the agent's commission. This is a direct incentive to push buyers toward higher prices.

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Incentivised to complete

Agents only earn when a transaction completes. Advising a client not to buy costs the agent their fee — creating pressure to complete regardless of merit.

Our Commitment

What independence means
in practice at Keyora

Independence is easy to claim and hard to deliver. These are the five specific operational commitments that make our independence structural rather than rhetorical.

No commission income, ever

Keyora Consult does not earn commission from any seller, developer, agent, or third party in any transaction we advise on. Our fee comes from our client. Full stop. This is not a policy — it is a structural feature of how the firm is operated.

Single-mandate system

We maintain a formal client mandate system. Every engagement is recorded as a mandate for a specific client on a specific transaction. We never hold simultaneous mandates for both sides of any transaction, and we have formal conflict-of-interest procedures to ensure this remains the case.

Source-based verification

When we conduct due diligence, we go to the Land Registry. We do not verify properties from documents provided by sellers, and we do not rely on agent-obtained search certificates. Every verification is conducted by us, directly at source, every time.

Honest advice, always

We will tell you when a deal is not worth doing. We will tell you when a title has problems. We will tell you when a price is above market value. This sometimes means we advise against a transaction that would have generated a completion fee for an agent. We do it anyway, because that is what independent advice means.

Transparent fee structure

Every engagement begins with a written engagement letter confirming the scope of work and the fee. No hidden charges, no success fees layered on top of advisory fees, no percentage of transaction value. You know what you are paying before any work begins.

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"Independence is not a marketing position for us. It is a structural commitment — built into how we charge, how we work, and what we are willing to say."

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What we are —and what we are not.