Overseas buyers snapped up more than $100 billion in U.S. real estate over the past year, as the foreign wealthy sought safe shelter for their fortunes. According to the National Association of Realtors, sales of U.S. residential real estate to overseas buyers between April 2014 and March 2015 reached a record $104 billion, or about 8 percent of total existing ...

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State and member of the transition committee, Alhaji Ado Sani Kiri, has said Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar had set up a committee to trace and recover funds & property belonging to the government. Kiri, in a chat with Daily Trust also said the government of Badaru was taking its time in the area ...

The new Governor of Lagos state, I must say has shown more activeness than most of us thought from our mere perception of him in his few days of being in office. It is safe to say he stepped in nicely into the shoes of his predecessor and would most likely make Lagosians proud. However, some officials in sectors of ...

Sydney’s real estate boom may be ending soon, says one of Australia’s largest property advisory groups. Valuers Herron Todd White have warned that Sydney’s property boom is into its dying stages, with a national property clock showing prices have peaked and may soon fall. The property clock is a simple measure to show where a market is in its price ...

When searching for a place to call home, many of us get carried away with the prospects the agents offer as regards the place you hope to rent/buy so much that we don’t put other factors that could make our stay unpleasant in retrospect. You can’t afford to let anyone make you feel you can’t be choosy because that person ...

Alleged plan by a new generation bank to sell its property located at the premises of the palace of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo in Osun State has started creating tension in the community. It was gathered that a branch of Skye bank located at the premises of the Ogiyan relocated to Ede few years back following incessant attack on the ...

Nigerians have been advised to migrate from the traditional ways of developing homes and other buildings to modern system where components of the building are manufactured and assembled. The process known as dry construction is being championed by Nigerite Ltd, a complete building solutions company that formally launched its Kalsi, a new innovative product which is the major component in ...

Africa’s real estate has skyrocketed over the years and its presently on a high that needs to be fully exploited to produce the much needed bang it duly deserves. Though Africa’s real estate assets could contribute only few drops of water in the ocean of the world’s real estate enclave, its still an emerging market that has been noticeably rising ...

Comfort and style do not come cheap and buyers are willing to pay a lot of money for the comfort and status. Here is a rating and analysis of the most expensive apartments in the world.   1.   Sky Penthouse, Monaco, $400 million This is a five-story penthouse with sea views and a rooftop pool. The total area is of ...

The Group Managing Director of the Genesis Group, Dr. Nnaeto Orazulike, has urged Nigerians to change their view about Nigeria and focus on the inherent opportunities in the nation. Orazulike, who said this while speaking on behalf of the recipients of honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, noted that despite the bad news Nigerians spread ...