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Okorocha built modern twin duplexes

Okorocha built modern twin duplexes

Okorocha built modern twin duplexes – The activities of the Imo State government have finally transferred to the private resident of the State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha at Spibat Estate. The multi-million Naira Estate of the governor expands from Amakohia Uratta [...]

February 4, 2015 Economy, Real Estate
Company plans 1,000 housing units every year

Company plans 1,000 housing units every year

Company plans 1,000 housing units every year – An estate company, Gran Imperio Group (GIG), intends to provide about 1,000 upscale housing units every year. The developer has delivered Jacob Mews, NorthPointe I, II III and SouthPointe Phase I, consisting of [...]

February 3, 2015 Real Estate
Lagos Lowers Land Acquisition Cost

Lagos Lowers Land Acquisition Cost

Lagos Lowers Land Acquisition Cost –  Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State Governor, has signed into law an Executive Order lowering the cost of land transactions throughout the state. He said the order is to ensure that land transactions are carried [...]

January 27, 2015 Economy, Real Estate

Government directs PMIs to process 66,400 applications

The Fed Government has directed primary mortgage inistitutions (PMIs) to process the applications of more than 66,000 Nigerians that requested for the 10,000 Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Company (NMRC) housing programme. Addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, the Coordinating Minister for the [...]

September 12, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

Mortgage project in Nigeria gets $630m increase

According to the media report on Monday, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria has got disbursed $630 million for constructing projects under the National Housing Fund (NHF).The Fund had been set up by the Federal Government Act 3 1992 in [...]

August 12, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

CPS could help cover primary mortgage

In highly developed economies in which pension continues to be adjudged profitable, cash earned from pension is definitely an excellent source of long-term financing for primary mortgage purchases. In this kind of jurisdictions, there is often little or without housing [...]

August 6, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

FG – Affordable Homes Mortgage loan Scheme Launched

The Federal Government has got released the very first 10,000 Affordable Housing Mortgage Scheme under the Nigerian Housing Finance Programme in order to help connect the real estate shortage throughout the country. The launching, which is expected to alleviate constraints [...]

August 4, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

Real Estate Market in Nigeria Valued at 6.4 trillion

After increasing demand for commercial space as well as housing for middle-income and also young professionals throughout Nigeria, the nation’s housing market continues to grow together with the sector now valued at N6.4 trillion ($41.2 billion). According to a report [...]

July 30, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

Lagos one year rent policy favour tenants and attract good returns

Considering that the Lagos State Government one-year rent policy will not only favour tenants but additionally attract good agent’s return, the Association of Estate Rent Commission Agents of Nigeria (ERCAN), has placed its weight behind the policy. ERCAN in a [...]

July 30, 2014 Business, Economy, Real Estate

Stakeholders join forces against building collapse

In attempts to control the incidence of building collapse in the nation, especially in Lagos State, specialists in the constructed surroundings as well as others have taken towards the streets to sensitise individuals to the necessity of secure housing structure. [...]

July 21, 2014 Business, Real Estate

FG to increase housing investment by 5,000 units

The Federal Government with the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development as well as its parastatal, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, will bring 5,000 units towards the current housing stock in the nation within the next 27 months. [...]

July 21, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

Brokers seek out more cooperation with CIIN

Mr. Ayodapo Shoderu, President of Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, has told the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria to provide additional assistance to the development of the broking business. He said this when he led a delegation of the [...]

July 21, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

Nigerians are leading property buyers throughout South Africa

Nigerians were listed among the leading foreign buyers of properties all over South Africa, having specific target on developing places rather than highbrow regions of Cape Town, Pretoria,  Durban and also Johannesburg. For instance, Nigerians and other foreign buyers purchased about [...]

July 14, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

102 House Owners Avail Home in Lagos Draw

There are 102 new home owners appeared on Wednesday as being the 5th within the series of the general public draws for Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme held throughout Lagos. The series of draws began on March 4, this year. [...]

July 10, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

Nigeria eyes reduction in construction costs with new technology

NIGERIA is set to join the league of countries exploring alternative technologies to achieve a reduction in costs of constriction of houses and infrastructure.       The Ministry of Science and Technology announced yesterday that Nigeria’s pilot plant for [...]

June 12, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

Achieving Affordable Housing In Nigeria

Statistics has shown that the present housing for the populace is grossly inadequate and millions of citizens live in substandard environments or slums which lack basic amenities. The world over, urban population is on the increase and Nigeria is not [...]

June 10, 2014 Real Estate

Growth in real estate spurs Infinity Mortgage’s performance

Infinity Trust Mortgage Bank plc, a company that deals in lending lines of credit, started the year on an impressive note with growth spurt buoyed by rapid urbanisation and increased demand for housing. The company was also able to translate [...]

May 22, 2014 Economy, Real Estate

FG plans relocating tank farms to Ogun, Ondo to ease Apapa congestion

Worried by the incessant gridlock rocking Apapa metropolis, which houses the nation’s economic gateways, Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports, the Federal Government on Wednesday said that it is perfecting plans to move the controversial tank farms away from Apapa to [...]

April 18, 2014 Economy, Real Estate
Abeokuta Private Nature Park

Abeokuta Private Nature Park – A Hidden Gem

Abeokuta Private Nature Park welcomes you to experience the ambiance and serenity of Nature. Abeokuta is a Heritage, Health and Eco-Tourist Attraction located in Dean’s Valley Westmoreland. The Park was officially opened on January 5th, 2003 by the Nigerian High [...]

April 6, 2014 Real Estate

Asaba Residents Complain Of High Rents

Residents of Asaba and environs have complained about the increase in house rents in the Delta capital, saying that the situation had become unbearable. The residents laid the complaint on Sunday in Asaba, in separate interviews with the News Agency [...]

March 20, 2014 Economy, Real Estate
President-Goodluck-Jonathan

“Nigerians must live in decent houses”

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday vowed to ensure that all Nigerians lived in decent houses. The President spoke at the inauguration of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria’s Aviation Village and the National Housing Fund electronic card in Abuja. According [...]

February 14, 2014 Real Estate
Demolition Badagry

Police Demolish Houses In Badagry

Over 500 houses illegally built on a land owned by the Police at Atipolome community in Mowo area of Badagry, Lagos State, have been demolished. The land covering over 64 hectares was acquired by the Police in 2006 and a [...]

December 17, 2013 Real Estate
Lamido Sanusi

Revive market for commercial papers market – Sanusi charges FMDQ

GOVERNOR, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido Sanusi has called on the board of the Financial Market Dealers Quote to revive the market for commercial papers in Nigeria. Commercial papers are unsecured promissory notes  with a fixed maturity of  [...]

November 14, 2013 Finance, Real Estate
Tallest Building in West Africa Unvield - Fashola

Tallest Building in West Africa Unveiled – Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, unveiled the tallest hotel in West Africa, the Intercontinental Lagos built at a cost of N30 billion. The hotel located at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, is a 23-storey building with 358 [...]

September 30, 2013 Business, Real Estate
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Nigeria to fast-track infrastructure rollout

Nigeria’s Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson, has revealed that the Federal Government has put plans in place to speed up the delivery of much-needed infrastructure and will be working closely with Federal Ministry of Works to streamline and standardize the processes.   [...]

August 28, 2013 Finance, Real Estate
Landlord scam

100 prospective tenants battle over 13 flats

BY MONSUR  OLOWOOPEJO No fewer  than 100 prospective tenants, Monday, stormed Office of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, demanding the governor’s intervention as they claimed that they were duped by the landlord of the building at 59 Oriola [...]

July 16, 2013 Real Estate
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Lagos To Demolish 30 Houses In Ebute Metta

The Lagos State Government has marked 30 defective buildings for demolition at Ebute-Metta area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.   The action  follows the collapse of  a building in the area last week in which eight people died.   General Manager, [...]

July 15, 2013 Real Estate
Dr-Jogun-Onabanjo

People need to build their homes early in life

Dr. Jogun Onabanjo is the Chief Executive Officer of a real estate consulting firm, Onabanjo & Onabanjo & Co. He tells SIMON EJEMBI why people have challenges building their homes and how they can avoid pitfalls. Why people find it difficult to become [...]

May 6, 2013 Real Estate
Jonathan

FG To Construct Ship Building Yard.

Determined to develop the ailing Nigerian shipping business and create jobs for the unemployed youths, the President Goodluck Jonathan’s government is perfecting plans to establish a shipbuilding yard in the country. The ship building yard, when completed, is expected to help [...]

May 2, 2013 Real Estate
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Home ownership options for low income earners BY MAUREEN AZUH

Home ownership options – Most working class people desire to own a house but have no means of doing so, MAUREEN AZUH writes on alternatives for such people   Everyone desires to have a house of their own. But like everything else under [...]

April 27, 2013 Real Estate