In a review put together By Yinka Kolawole with Agency Report, Nigeria, Angola and Egypt identified as African countries with Best property investment prospects. Read below: Real estate remains a booming opportunity for Africa-focused investors for good reasons. The growth of cities creates a demand for increased volumes of high-quality commercial and residential real estate. Also, the rise of the ...

John Legend’s real estate agent is on the move. Jason Walker, formerly of Douglas Elliman, decamped to Compass, and sources said he plans to list the singer’s Nolita pad next week. To date, Walker has sold more than $1 billion worth of real estate, Compass said. He joined Elliman in 2005 and was named Rookie of the Year that year. ...

Lagos state governor, Akinwumi Ambode on Friday said the state would consider adopting a ‘ rent and own ’ policy in resolving its housing deficiency. In a chat with media executives at his office in Alausa, Ikeja, Ambode acknowledged that it was not easy for a winner of a three-bedroom flat, under the state government’s housing scheme, to make an initial ...

Commercial real estate is booming in Ghana, a nation of 27 million people with a strong cultural heritage, plentiful resources, and a stable government along the west coast of Africa. Many corporations, such as General Electric, Caterpillar, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, are setting up headquarters in Accra, Ghana. As a result, the demand for training in commercial real estate has grown exponentially. ...

Though Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria with a land mass of 3,345 square kilometers, ironically it is one of the most populated cities in Nigeria. People from all other places in the country migrate into a place that has been described by some sections of the country as “no man’s land”. In Lasgidi every manner of humans can ...

China ranks as Australia’s top foreign investor when it comes to real estate, manufacturing, and mineral exploration and development, according to business intelligence consultants, Basis Point. According to their latest insights, there have been more than 25,000 Australian residential properties purchased by overseas Chinese over the past three years. Basis Point found real estate investment from China during 2013 to ...

Chicago homeowners on average will pay about $90 more in property taxes this year than last year, Cook County Clerk David Orr announced Thursday, with the increase driven in part by a tax hike for Chicago Public Schools.   Taxes on a Chicago home with a market value of $199,000 will go up from $3,237 in 2014 to $3,327, Orr ...

Two of Northern Ireland’s housing associations have merged and have announced plans to build 2,500 new homes across the province. OakleeTrinity and Ulidia Housing Associations have formed what is now the largest housing association in Northern Ireland – Choice. Its £340m plans include the building of 2,500 new social and affordable homes in the next five years, as well as ...

Its been quite a long while since our last discussion and I want to seize this opportunity to apologize to our readers for the delay in bringing you the last topic in the ‘success tips series’. Its been a long journey from our starting point to our present position and you would want to agree with me every single moment ...

From the ridiculous to the sublime, the social media is spreading, gaining penetration and impacting positively on various sectors of the global economy, including real estate where its use has raised the bar in marketing and sales, investment and wealth creation. Real estate investors, developers, vendors, facilities managers and other service providers are increasingly employing this platform to enhance business ...