How investment in real estate sector can fast-track economic growth by expert
With declining oil prices and contraction in the agricultural sector, the nation can leverage on the real estate potentials to boost the economy and drive national growth. The post How investment in...
View Article‘How building designs can curtail fire incidents’
The risks of fire outbreaks in building and construction sector have been on the increase recently due to the harmattan in some cities.However, professionals in the built industry are urging homeowners...
View ArticleThree states back FG’s housing scheme for civil servants
Conceptualised in 2013 as part of government’s initiatives to address the housing needs of civil servants, the Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) programme has since undergone several reviews to...
View ArticleFirm unveils The Bridge Peridot residential apartments
Efforts at reducing housing deficit in Abuja has received a boost with the inauguration of a new residential apartments known as The Bridge Peridot. The scheme promoted by Hall 7 Real Estate Limited...
View ArticleRestructuring will aid sustainable development, say experts
Experts have stressed the need to restructure the polity, build consensus on fundamental issues and prepare the citizenry, particularly the youth, for effective leadership. They said only a...
View Article‘Mass housing industrialisation will crash building cost ’
PROF. OLUGBENGA TIMOTHY NUBI, an urban regeneration expert and founder, Centre for Housing Studies, University of Lagos, says the solution to high cost of mortgages is for government to start massive...
View Article‘Political interference contributing to dwindling professional fortunes’
A former President, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Emeka Onuorah has blamed government’s interference for its dwindling professional fortunes. Speaking on “The Estate...
View ArticleESVARBON in talks with stakeholders over valuation standards, new adhesive...
To ensure that quality services are rendered to the public in-line with global best standards, the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON) has begun discussions with key...
View ArticlePrices, rents set to continue falling in Dubai
There was a rush to complete property sales in Dubai in the last 10 days of 2018 but experts are predicting that both prices and rents are set to keep falling in 2019. Data from the Dubai Land...
View ArticleNew project to boost retail activities
A new housing projected being constructed by two leading pan-African investment and real estate firms – African Capital Alliance and Elalan Group aimed at bridging housing gap and boosting retail...
View ArticleIndustry bigwigs list measures to improve ease of doing real estate business
In apparent bid to overcome obstacles limiting Federal Government’s ease of doing business in the real estate sector, global experts and bigwigs met in Lagos at the weekend to review its implementation...
View ArticleEchostone Nigeria gets NIESV nod, plans Reach Festac Estate
The Lagos state branch of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has given nod to the new technology being applied by Echostone Nigeria Limited in the delivery of 4-in-14 housing...
View ArticleMinister inaugurates AE-FUNAI engineering laboratory
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has commissioned an upgraded Chemical Engineering Laboratory. The facility was equipped through an industrial collaboration between the...
View ArticleConvention seeks use of wetlands to tackle climate change
With time running out to reduce global carbon emissions by 45 per cent before 2030 and limit global warming to well below 2C, The Ramsar Convention said wetlands provide a natural solution to making a...
View ArticleA nation mired in waste as multi-billion naira properties rot away
The legion of derelict Federal Government properties worth several billions of naira in Lagos State, the former Nigerian capital, is indicative of how wasteful the country could be. In other climes,...
View ArticleFirm begins N5 billion Edmark city project
In what could be its most ambitious real estate development gambit to date, Edmark Group of Companies, a multidimensional and network marketing organisation has commenced a showpiece project along the...
View ArticleLand grabbers resurgence in Lagos threatens homeownership
Three years after the enactment of the Lagos State Properties Protection Law 2016, many landed properties and estates in Lagos are still been encroached by land grabbers otherwise called, ‘Omonile’....
View ArticleDiscordant tunes over N30.94b housing budget proposal
After over 58 years of Nigeria’s independence, the housing delivery system remains unpleasant due to several factors and challenges. However, experts say poor budgeting and implementation remain clogs...
View Article‘Alaro city project in Lagos will create 200,000 jobs’
Spurred by the successes recorded in Kenya, Ghana and Zambia, a private real estate developer, Rendeavour, has begun the construction of an inclusive city in Lagos. The project named Alaro City, is a...
View ArticleGovernment picks nine properties for pilot maintenance scheme
The Federal government has picked nine buildings for pilot maintenance under its national maintenance framework on public buildings in the country. The buildings selected include, a Federal government...
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