Land Cost

Land and property buying-cost calculator

Add official stamp duty, search and title fees to a purchase price, then drop in the legal and other costs from your own quotes.

Stamp duty, the official search and the transfer registration/title fees are taken from State Department for Lands pages checked on 12 November 2026. Legal fees, private valuations and county charges vary — type your quotes. KRA may assess stamp duty on the government valuation if it is higher than the price.

If entered, stamp duty uses the higher of this and the price. Leave at 0 if you only have the price.

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Official Lands fees to include

Type the quote you have. An official Advocates Remuneration Order scale was not verified for this page, so no percentage is assumed.

Rates clearance, consents, Land Control Board, travel, bank fees — only if you have figures. No amount is invented here.

Sources (dated 12 November 2026)

  • State Department for Lands, Land Transfers: charges “Kshs. 1,000 + Title fee Kshs. 2,500 + Stamp duty (2% or 4% of property value)”. lands.go.ke/land-transfers
  • State Department for Lands, Issuance of Search Certificate: charges “Kshs. 1,000”. lands.go.ke/issuance-search-certificate
  • Kenya Investment Authority procedure note: stamp duty is 4% of the value of land within a municipality and 2% outside municipalities, payable to the Commissioner of Domestic Taxes.
  • KRA collects stamp duty under the Stamp Duty Act (Cap. 480). Transfers between spouses can be exempt — this calculator does not apply exemptions automatically.

Disclaimer

Land Cost is a free estimate. It is not a valuation, a legal opinion or an affiliation with the State Department for Lands or KRA. Always confirm the assessed value, any exemption, and current registry fees before you pay. This page does not collect personal data.