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Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company - Wikipedia

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Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company
Company type	Public Private Partnership
Industry	Banking
Founded	August 1, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-08-01)
Headquarters	Nairobi, Kenya
Key people	Haron Sirima Chairman Johnstone Oltetia Managing Director
Products	Mortgage Loans
Total assets	KES:37 billion (US$351 million) (2020)
Website	Homepage

Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company Plc (KMRC), is a financial services company in Kenya, that specializes in lending to other financial institutions in the country, for onward lending in form of mortgages. In addition, KMRC buys good mortgages from other lenders to make more money available to banks for onward lending to eligible homeowners. It also plans to "invest in government debt securities or other guaranteed debt".^[1]

Overview

The institution is a greenfield start-up, established in August 2018, as a public private partnership between the government of Kenya and the major mortgage lenders in the country.^[2] As of July 2020, it had shareholders equity of KES:2 billion (US$20 million), with committed total assets of KES:37 billion (US$351 million). At that time KMRC was awaiting regulatory approval to commence business operations.^[1]

Operations

KMRC will be regulated and supervised by the Central Bank of Kenya. The KMRC Board of Directors will comprise seven individuals who will set policy that will govern and guide the company. The World Bank and the African Development Bank have committed to lend KES:25 billion (US$250 million) and KES:10 billion (US$100 million) respectively, to KMRC.^[3]

It is expected that KMRC will provide financing to mortgage institutions at 5 percent for onward lending at 7 percent to homeowners earning less than KES:150,000 (US$1,500) per month. Such a homeowner could borrow up to KES:4 million (US$40,000), paying KES:31,000 (US$310) monthly, for 20 consecutive years. This is approximately 50 percent of the least expensive mortgage product on the market, before KMRC began operations.^[4]

Ownership

As of July 2020, the shareholders in the stock of Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company are as illustrated in the table below.^[1]^[2] Reliable sources have put the government's shareholding at 25 percent.^[5]

Shareholding in Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company
Rank	Shareholder	Share Capital (KES)	Percentage Ownership
1	Government of Kenya	500 million	25.0
2	International Finance Corporation	200 million	8.4
3	Company for Habitat and Housing in Africa	200 million	8.4
4	Kenya Commercial Bank	600 million	25.3
5	Cooperative Bank of Kenya	200 million	8.4
6	Diamond Trust Bank Group	50 million	2.1
7	Housing Finance Company of Kenya	50 million	2.1
8	NCBA Bank Kenya	50 million	2.1
9	Absa Bank Kenya Plc	50 million	2.1
10	Stanbic Holdings Plc	20 million	0.8
11	Credit Bank	10 million	0.4
12	Kenya Women Microfinance Bank
13	Kenya Police Sacco
14	Mwalimu Sacco
15	Safaricom Sacco
16	Ukulima Sacco
17	Bingwa Sacco
18	Imarisha Sacco
19	Unaitas Sacco Society Limited
20	Imarika Sacco
21	Tower Sacco
22	Stima Sacco
23	Harambee Sacco
	Total	2,200 million	100.00

Licensing

In September 2020, the Central Bank of Kenya granted an operating license to KMRC. Homebuyers in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area, which covers Nairobi County, Kajiado County, Kiambu County and Machakos County, can finance up to a maximum of KSh4 million, through KMRC. For Kenya's remaining 43 counties, the maximum mortgage is KSh3 million.^[5]

Operations

In December 2020, KMRC advanced the first four mortgage lenders varying amounts of money for onward lending to their customers. The funds are lent to the banks and Saccos at 5 percent per annum and the money is on-lent to mortgage customers at 10 percent per annum or less. The tale below illustrates the distribution of the first tranche to loans by KMRC to qualifying mortgage lenders. The lenders have seven years to repay the loans to KMRC.^[6]

First Tranche of Mortgage Funding From KMRC
Rank	Mortgage Lender	Loan in KES	US$ Equivalent	Notes
1	KCB Bank Kenya Limited	2.13 billion	19.7 million	-
2	Housing Finance Company of Kenya	514 million	4.75 million	-
3	Kenya Stima Sacco	69 million	638,050	-
4	Nyandarua Towers Sacco	29 million	268,166	-
	Total

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 98.4 Capital FM (1 July 2020). "Shelter Afrique, IFC Join Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company As Shareholders". Nairobi: 98.4 Capital FM. Retrieved 6 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Eunniah Mbabazi (6 September 2019). "Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company Gets Ksh 1 Billion Funding from Banks". Nairobi: The Kenyan Wall Street. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ Miriam Wangui (24 May 2019). "Kenya launches mortgage refinance company". Nairobi: The Kenyan Wall Street. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ Joy Makena (7 March 2020). "Banks to offer 20-year mortgages at 7 percent in new deal". Nairobi: Construction Kenya. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b Constant Munda (21 September 2020). "State firm caps cheap mortgage at Sh4 million". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ James Kariuki (18 December 2020). "Kenya: Housing Finance, KCB Get Sh2.6 Billion for Cheap Home Loans" (Daily Nation via AllAfrica.com). Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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