How Kartalens works
Six free tools built on the same data: the public property listings of Addis Ababa, read every six hours and followed over time. Here is what each one does, how to use it, and where its limits are.
Price Check
Is this price fair? Check one listing before you pay.
How to use it
- 1Paste a listing (a Telegram post, in Amharic or English), or describe the property: type, bedrooms, size, area and price.
- 2Kartalens finds similar properties asking in the last 12 months: first in the same neighborhood, then in the sub-city.
- 3Read the verdict, and share the report link with your family or your broker.
What you get
Where the price sits among similar listings and how many there are, the most similar listings, the property's advertising history when we already track the post, and what to verify before paying, each item citing the law.
Limits
Free, no account. 20 pasted listings a day per person. With fewer than 5 similar listings there is no verdict, and the report says so. For a house, give the plot size.
Market data & price index
What the market asks, by area and property type.
How to use it
- 1Open Market for Addis Ababa as a whole: prices per m² by sub-city, rents by bedrooms, the price index and gross yields.
- 2Open a sub-city or neighborhood for its own page: prices, rents, a quarterly trend and the neighborhoods inside it.
- 3Read the quarterly market report for the story behind the numbers, in birr, in dollars and after inflation.
What you get
Medians and middle-half ranges, each with the number of properties behind it and the share from the largest source channel.
Limits
Free, no account. Figures cover the last 12 months, one price per property, and need at least 5 properties. The current quarter is drawn dashed until it ends.
Listings explorer
Browse the listings behind the numbers.
How to use it
- 1Create a free account and open Explorer.
- 2Pick a neighborhood on the map and filter by sale or rent, type, bedrooms and price.
- 3Open a property to see each time it was advertised, by which channel and at what price.
What you get
Individual properties with their price history. Phone numbers are always hidden.
Limits
Free account. Up to 500 listings a day. Locations are as precise as the posts: a neighborhood, never an address.
Telegram bot
Price Check inside Telegram.
How to use it
- 1Open @KartalensBot in Telegram and press Start.
- 2Forward a listing from any channel, or paste its text.
- 3The bot replies with the verdict and a link to the full report.
What you get
The same Price Check as on the website, without leaving Telegram. The bot also delivers your alerts.
Limits
Free, no account. The same daily limit as pasted listings on the website. The bot only writes to people who started it.
Alerts
Let new listings and price drops come to you.
How to use it
- 1Save a search in Alerts (for example, 2-bedroom flats for rent under 40,000 a month in Gerji), or choose “Track price” on a property in Explorer.
- 2Press “Connect Telegram” once, then Start in @KartalensBot.
- 3New matches and price drops arrive in Telegram; we check every 15 minutes.
What you get
One message with what is new: type, size, area and price, with a link to the property. Never phone numbers.
Limits
Free account. Up to 10 alerts, and 20 new matches per search a day. Send /stop to the bot to disconnect.
Ask Kartalens
Questions about prices and property law, answered with sources.
How to use it
- 1Ask in English or Amharic, for example “What do 2-bedroom flats rent for in Bole?” or “What should I check before buying a house with a title deed?”
- 2Kartalens looks up our market figures and searches the property proclamations.
- 3Read the answer with its sources: the figures with their sample sizes, and the articles of law.
What you get
Answers built from market statistics (never individual listings) and the cited law.
Limits
Free account. New accounts get 64 credits, and each answer uses 3. Not legal advice.
Every figure is an asking price from public listings, not a sale price and not a valuation. How the numbers are made: methodology.