Correspondent of Nigeria Real Estate Hub, Esther Adeniyi, had an interview with Professor Teju Somorin, immediate past President of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, (CITN) on taxation, and multiplicity of taxes, policy reversals, tax evasion and the role of the government. Below are excerpts from the interview session. NREH: Would you please introduce yourself ma? Prof. Teju: I am Professor Teju Somorin. Until the ...
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Online Property Listing is Yet to Become the Magic Pill in Nigeria
Oluwafemi Taiwo is an Internet executive, long-time entrepreneur & strategic advisor. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of PrivateProperty.com.ng – Nigeria’s number 1 Real Estate portal. In this interview with Elsie Godwin of Nigeria Real Estate Hub (NREH), he reveals that selling properties online hasn’t become the magic pill for real estate marketers yet but that there has been tremendous growth ...
Read More »Government Should Focus On Housing For Low Income Earners – Akin Opatola
Akin Opatola is the General Manager/Chief Operation Officer of Brokerfield real estate. In this Interview with NREH correspondent, Elsie Godwin, he shares analysis on how the Real Estate business has fared in the year 2016 based on his firm’s experience and from dealings on the Lagos Island. He said the government should focus on housing for low incomer earners. “2016 ...
Read More »“Buy Properties Because There Is Value Not Because Its Cheap” – Ajanaku
Managing Director of Blue grass properties, Mr. Adedeji Ajanaku, has said that in terms of property in Nigeria, you don’t buy because it is cheap, you buy because there is value for your money. In an era where experts in the real estate industry are calling for affordable houses and ease of access to land, Ajanuku said that there is ...
Read More »‘Quackery in Real Estate Agency can be tackled by being professional’ – Aboderin
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 ...
Read More »Debo Adejana urges Fashola to get Pension Funds into Housing Scheme
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 ...
Read More »Estate Surveyor attributes quacks to the rate of unemployment in Nigeria
In this interview with Elsie Godwin of Nigeria Real Estate Hub, A registered member of Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyor and Valuers (NIESV) and a chartered Estate Surveyor, Mr. Samson Agbato attributes the influx of quacks to the profession to the rate of unemployment in Nigeria. He also gives clear details on what it means to be a registered member ...
Read More »‘We cannot take loan at 28% interest rate and provide affordable housing’
Dr Aliyu Oroji Wamako is the vice president of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria(REDAN) and CEO of Jedo Investment Limited. In this interview with Chika Okeke, he spoke on issues affecting the built industry and why it would be difficult for the private sector to provide affordable housing. Read below: Stakeholders are optimistic that it will take government next ...
Read More »“NIESV is not just an institute but an institution” – Femi Atoyebi
An Estate Surveyor and Valuer, a member and an associate in view of the National Institution of Estate surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), an associate member in the institute of strategic management of Nigeria (ISMN) whose background experience is spanning 8years in real estate and the Owner of Magnagate integrated Services, Mr. Femi Atoyebi, in an interview with Nigeria Real Estate ...
Read More »“Banks are indirectly killing real estate industry in Nigeria” – Showunmi
Mr. Femi Oluwalose Showunmi is the Chairman and CEO of Phemy Showunmi and company Limited, a real estate marketing, consultancy, development and construction firm. Showunmi is a mathematics graduate of Ambrose Ali University, a School of Estate graduate and a member of Association of Estate Agents in Nigeria (AEAN) which is being midwifed by Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyors and ...
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