Is Ghana good for real estate? Real Estate Rental Yield in Accra, Ghana.

Ghana’s real estate sector asset classes comprises of residential, hospitality and commercial which includes: office, retail and industrial. There are no mobile home park MHP nor self storage but warehouse demand also on the rise. All of these predominant asset classes got hit during the covid19 especially the hospitality which depends on foreign guest.

Is Ghana good for real estate? Absolutely! Real is one of the fastest growing industries in Ghana that give investors higher return on their investments according to Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) 2021 sector report. In a report, the average rent yield for residential market is acound 10-13.5%, which is one the highest after industrial sector.

In is office space, rents fell by 21.4% in the last two years because of covid which saw average rent around $28 per square metre according to Knight Frank Africa report 2022/2023. Obviously when supply surpass demand, most landlord had no option than to give concessions for rent. This was global phenomenon.

In retail space average rent was 12.5% the last two years. Ghanaian taste of shopping is increasing as we see more retailers such as Giordano and more shopping malls like West Hills mall, Marina mall, Palace mall, a 6,800 sqm A&C mall just to name a few.

Ghana rental yield — Ghana real estate yields @Knight Frank

Although Ghana is regarded as industrial hub in West Africa, the industrial sector rents fell by -44% for the last two years due to same problem. With Volkswagen’s decision to open an assembly plant capable of delivering 5,000 vehicles a year there is going to be increase is rent in this market. This will also attract other players to open plants in Ghana. According to GIPC the average yield is from 11-14%.

With that said, post-covid recovery is gradual on all that and there is increase in demand across all asset classes in the country.

WHAT ARE THE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY AS REAL ESTATE INVESTOR IN GHANA?

First, let’s explore rental option. To be conservative, rental income yields here in Accra is very lucurative to make money as real estate investor in Ghana. Can you get your head around why landlords demand 12 -24months rent in advance and get enormous demand? We will say these are the highest numbers you will actually find in Africa.

The second option you can make money is home appreciation value or the rate of appreciation. Accra is one of the fastest growing cities on Africa. Against this background, there is growing demand for housing. Conservatively speaking, home appreciation value is anywhere from 5 to 20% annually depending on many factors such as the location, property type/size and condition including the amenities that comes with it, not to metion any government infrastructure development project in that location. All this could skyrocket the property value. Also, there is forced appreciation that you could implement to increase the value of your property. And that renovating strategical on amenities that will appreciate the property market value.

Third option is short term rentals for cash flow. Airbnb has proven to be the effective and profitable way to generate more income from your home rentals than conventional rentals. You can rent out your property for nightly and even weekly rates. The best part is that you could earn if not a double of what you will earn if you were to rent it the conventional way.

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