Short let rentals profit plunges as liquidity crisis deepens
Rents are falling faster in short let residential property markets, creating a “draconian dilemma” for investors that sought an escape route to high vacancy rates... The post Short let rentals profit...
View ArticleCo-working spaces usurping traditional offices, now in 19,000 locations globally
The traditional offices have recently been superseded by coworking spaces which have proliferated all over the world. The post Co-working spaces usurping traditional offices, now in 19,000 locations...
View ArticleFirm seeks investors to build affordable, luxury houses
A real estate company, GOT Formation limited is seeking partners and investors for its proposed estate development plan in Abuja, Lagos, Rivers and other states in Nigeria. GOT Formation is a limited...
View ArticleLSDPC, firm target middle-income earners for Ogudu project
In a renewed bid to cushion effect of housing shortage in Lagos, a new housing project is being considered at the Ogudu Government Reserved Area extension, Alapere, Lagos. The post LSDPC, firm target...
View ArticleHND graduates contest ARCON’s plan to transfer suit
Legal moves by the Architect Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) to seek transfer of the suit filed against it by Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates to Lagos have met a stiff opposition. The...
View ArticleAbia moves to reactivate 57 water projects in Aba
Abia State Government has expressed disgust with the state of the multi-million naira Aba regional water scheme being executed by an Israeli Company, the JDP Construction. The post Abia moves to...
View ArticleNations launch 10-year ecosystem restoration project
The most comprehensive effort yet, towards halting world’s deforested and degraded ecosystems will soon be underway, with the United Nations “call to action” to mobilise the political and financial...
View ArticleLagos airport road project nears 75% completion
The contractor handling reconstruction of Oshodi-Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road, Messrs Hi-tech Construction Company, has disclosed that the six kilometres project is about 75per cent...
View Article“Physical planning must anticipate increase in population’
The challenge we have is that authorities don’t plan especially when it comes to public affairs. There is need to prioritise physical planning that anticipates increase in population inflow and making...
View Article‘Ogoni clean up exercise lacks transparency, accountability’
The controversy surrounding Ogoni clean up exercise may not have abated as civil society groups are still questioning the process being adopted by the federal authorities to remedy the sites. The post...
View ArticleProfessionals chart new course for real estate revival
This is not the best of times in the nation’s real estate sector, as it has continues to slide negative despite insinuations that the country has exited recession. The post Professionals chart new...
View ArticleCommission plans regulatory guidelines on e-waste for telecoms
AMID threats posed by electronic wastes (E-waste), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun moves to fashion out regulatory guidelines for the management of E-waste in the nation’s...
View ArticleNew ECOWAS Abuja headquarter’s project throws up consultancy jobs
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $31.6 million grant with the Government of China for the development of the proposed new Commission of the Economic Community of West...
View Article‘Social media is changing Nigeria’s real estate sector’
Unlike before, whereby the print and electronic media were the only channels toward reaching buyers in the real estate industry, the social media is becoming a powerful tool that offer a robust...
View ArticleCorporations, government agencies plan pilot housing schemes in eight states
A triparite agreement has been reached between the housing corporations, apex mortgage bank and affordable homes focused fund to boost stocks for the low- income earners in the country. The deal...
View ArticleCASLE charges surveyors on improved professional practice
Towards advancing the surveying profession, the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) has harped on the need for its members to forge additional relations with other...
View ArticleDevelopers launch Lagos Sapphire penthouses
Amid the need to provide houses for high net worth individuals, developers of the Blue Water estate in Lagos have introduced duplexes in its penthouse apartments that offers top of the world living on...
View ArticleEstate surveyors have bright prospect, says Abonta
Lagos, the host for Eko Akete 2019, is the place to be this week for Nigeria’s estate surveying and valuation community and their patrons. Here, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and valuers...
View ArticleNIESV at a glance
The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) was founded in 1969 by the few qualified General Practice Chartered Surveyors who were trained mainly in the United Kingdom. The...
View ArticleStakeholders urge audit of Lagos distressed buildings
Flustered by the unfortunate loss of lives in a three-storey building that collapsed in Central Lagos last week, experts in the built environment have made case for the review of all identified...
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