Members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESVs) have called for a total overhaul of some of their professional practice regulation The review of these regulations and laws would not only aid the practice of estate surveying in Nigeria, but will also place the realtors on a global competitiveness and thereby boosting real estate sector of the ...

Blackstone Real Estate Partners, an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm The Blackstone Group, has exited its investment in Bengaluru-based real estate project management consultancy Synergy Property Development Services. “After seven years, there is a closure of fund and, hence, we bought 50 per cent of the 35 per cent stake Blackstone hold,” said Sankey Prasad, chairman and managing ...

The immediate past Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in Osun State, Architect Muyiwa Ige, has reiterated that, if utilised accordingly, the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) Act 2004 will eradicate quackery in the architectural practice in the country. Ige, who was a two-time Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) Oyo State Chapter, said the professional ...

As members of the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) gather this week in Abuja for its “BGM 2015”, development of the city will form the focus of technical paper presentations. Specifically, the group’s conference coming between Wednesday 18th and Saturday 21st November, 2015, will the architects opportunities to expose its members on how best to response to city challenges. According ...

Unable to establish any miscarriage of justice, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, has said it would not disturb the concurrent findings of the lower courts save in exceptional circumstances. With these words, Justices Ibrahim Muhammad, Muhammad Muntaka-Coomassie, Olabode Rhodes-Vivour, Nwali Ngwuta and Kumai Aka’ahs of the apex court brought to an end a land tussle between one Ibrahim Sakati, the ...

BuildOptions Limited last Saturday launched new housing estate projects named apartment houses in Guzape, Karmo and Jahi districts of the Federal Capital Territory. BuildOptions is new real estate company which has constructed about 100 housing units in Abuja since it was incorporate in 2014. The chairman of the company, Alhaji Aliyu Hammadu Abubakar said the company has been engaged in ...

In continuation of his mass road construc­tion in Enugu State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has flagged-off five additional road constructions in the state amidst jubila­tion from the benefitting people of Enugu North Senatorial zone. The latest of the road construction are Opi-Nsukka dual car­riage way, Obechara road junction, Umuakashi Mechanic Village, Ikenga Hotels Junction and the Post Office roundabout. Others are ...

In this interview with Nigeria Real Estate Hub(NREH) correspondent, Elsie Godwin, Mr. Aboderin opines that to reduce quacks in the practice of Real Estate Agency, the professionals must begin to act professionally. He also gave pointers to recognizing a professional Estate Agent from the quacks and highlights the potentials in being a registered member of NIESV. Mr. olalekan Aboderin is ...

Against the backdrop of the widening housing deficit in the country the need for governments at the federal and state level to see the issue of housing as an urgent matter of concern and priority cannot be over stressed. Just last week, the immediate past Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) among other appointed Minsters, was assigned the ...

The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors will hold its 26th Biennial Conference/ General Meeting November 17-21 2015 with the theme: “Politics, Policies and National Development – The Role of Professionals” at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos. Over the years, the conference has become a melting point of transformational ideas capable of bringing about positive social and political change and making ...