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Off-plan housing 101: The approvals that may land you in trouble

The potential traps in off-plan house purchases are more than just money vanishing into the bottomless pockets of con developers. [iStockphoto]

Ownership of a home through the off-plan arrangement has both pros and cons.

A couple of years ago, several leading off-plan developers in Kenya collapsed under claims of incompetence by disenfranchised buyers.

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