Weiler GMBH, a German construction outfit and BTG Group, one of Nigeria’s real estate development companies, have concluded arrangement to use precast concrete building technology to increase the nation’s huge housing shortage. Briefing the media at the innovative housing solution dialogue recently in Abuja, the management of BTG Group, led by Dr. Ijeoma Arodiogbu, said the outfit has concluded partnership ...

Mr. Jide Odelola, the Deputy Chairman of Association of Property Investment and Commissioned Agents in Nigeria (APICAN), who has journeyed through being an educationist into being a realtor in this brief chat with Nigeria real estate hub correspondent states clearly that the major problem facing estate agents in Nigeria is non-unity. According to Jide, “APICAN is an association of real ...

As a real estate agent, it is essential that you check out a property in its entirety before advising your customer to put money on it so that whatever issues exist would have been sorted out before money exchange hands. This becomes your customer’s prerogative to avoid putting him/her in harm’s way. Putting the aforementioned premise in perspective, there is ...

U.K. house prices surged the most in five months in June as a shortage of property for sale continued to put upward pressure on values. The average cost of a home rose 1.7 percent from May to an average 200,280 pounds ($308,500), mortgage lender Halifax said on Wednesday. From a year earlier, prices jumped 9.4 percent. “Supply remains very tight,” ...

Seritage Growth Properties, the real estate spinoff of Sears Holdings Corp, made its debut Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and estimated it had raised about $1.6 billion from the offering. Sears, which is dealing with slumping retail sales, formed the real estate investment trust to extract more revenue from its properties. It plans to sell and lease back ...

The FCT Administration has created the Mass Housing Department to address the housing needs in the Federal Capital Territory and reduce the springing up of slums.   The FCT Permanent Secretary, Engr. John Obinna Chukwu FNSE, made this disclosure at the opening ceremony of the Abuja Housing Show on Monday at the International Conference Centre.   The Permanent Secretary reiterated ...

The Lagos state government has ordered the enforcement of the law against street begging and hawking in the state. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello yesterday, Wednesday, July 8th, it was revealed that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has directed the Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Other Special Offences to carry out ...

A coroner’s inquest court in Lagos State has indicted the head of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B. Joshua over the tragic collapse of his building that killed over a hundred people. The General overseer of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and the building contractor was indicted by a coroner’s inquest court in Lagos State yesterday over ...

Ghana national team captain, Asamoah Gyan has acquired a new house which costs $3 million. He invited his fellow footballers to the grand opening recently. 27th June to be precise, was very loud and rosy in the MCcarthy Hill area of Accra, Ghana as Ghana Black Stars team captain , held the opening of his $3 million-rated house in grand ...

Guess what else can lead to the collapse of that building of yours…A relentless real estate property agent in the nuisance category. Termites are tiny wood-boring insects that are silent killers to homes and other buildings; their preoccupation is destruction. They have been around since the beginning of time because they are adaptable to ever-changing environments. Their ability to cause ...