The leading hub for real estate News and information in Nigeria will be unveiling #ShelterMatters on Friday, 10th of April 2015. Shedding more light to this initiative, the Head of Media, Olumide Lawrence, explained that this step is to reach out to every Nigerian out there already on different social media platforms. “The Real Estate sector is one which an ...
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Blackstone has reportedly raised $14.5 billion for Real estate fund
Blackstone Group LP has gathered $14.5 billion from institutions for a global real estate fund and plans to collect an extra $1.3 billion from individuals, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The world’s biggest alternative-asset manager raised the money in about four months, said the person, who requested anonymity because fundraising details are kept private until the fund ...
Read More »UK: Cooling in property market as May general election approaches
The monthly survey from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) indicates that some 30% of total house sales in February were to people getting in the housing ladder for the first time, the highest number since September 2014. Almost a third of house sales in the UK are going to first time buyers but overall the market is cooling ...
Read More »Risk-return factors on commercial real estate investment
An investment can be simply defined as expenditure in cash or its equivalent during one or more time periods in anticipation of enjoying a net inflow of cash or its equivalent in some future time period. In view of the limited resources and divers’ investment alternatives available to an investor, investment decisions are necessary. Investment decisions are made as a ...
Read More »Real Estate Investors Still Prefer Apapa for Sturdy Property
According to a report/review originally featured on ThisDayLive, Lagos state government have intensified actions to bringing Apapa back to its glory. The once preferred highbrow residential area, home to three of the nation’s biggest seaport might be on its way back to its usual state and even better. Read review below: “With the perennial traffic logjam gradually becoming a thing ...
Read More »Park Inn by Radisson to Open Q3 2016 in Onitsha, Nigeria
Carlson Rezidor further strengthens its presence in Nigeria by announcing the Park Inn by Radisson Onitsha. The mid-market property featuring 152 keys is already under construction and scheduled to open in Q3 2016. It brings the group’s portfolio in Nigeria to 7 hotels with 1,200 rooms in operation and under development. Carlson Rezidor is a leading international player on the ...
Read More »Okereke-Onyiuke , Others Restrained From NSE Property
Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court, Lagos has granted an interim injunction restraining the former Director Genral of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Dr. Ndi Okereke- Onyiuke and five others from tampering with the property lying at No 2, Temple Road Ikoyi Lagos. The injuction followed an exparte application brought against the defendants by Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN ...
Read More »UAE company offers Caribbean passports with property purchase
Property developers in the United Arab Emirates are offering potential new home owners passports for Antigua and Barbuda when they buy a villa, opening up fresh avenues for visa-free travel to a wide array of countries for Emirati citizens. Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday that Sweet Homes – a company based in the emirate of Ajman – has incentivised its ...
Read More »The BROUHAHA of OGA MARTINS – Episode 10
Martins walked into his office, a spring to his steps. After a short, eventful but disaster-free weekend, he felt alive and invigorated and his date with Aisha contributed to it. He smiled at the thought of her. These days, his life was full of so much drama, it was a sharp contrast to just sit and talk with a woman ...
Read More »Grandma posing in Real estate photos goes viral
An 86-year-old Florida grandma is a viral star after her granddaughter shared photos of her humorously posing in her home on Twitter. Yolie Ball, who lives with her husband, Don, in Davenport, Florida, says her phone has been ringing off the hook since Thursday night when her 15-year-old granddaughter, Makenzie Ball, called to tell her she was now a viral ...
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