Real Estate

Do you know that there is a house in Taiwan that is built completely upside down? Strange right? Ever since I came across this interesting piece of news I have been trying to imagine it in my head. Is it really possible to live in a house where every department of the building including the furniture are completely upside down? ...

Taking on a fixer-upper as your real estate investment opportunity entails a series of steps that must be taken to bring the value of the property up. This article focuses on how best to fix your fixer-upper to increase the worth of your property. With so much in any property that could use some work, the process of enhancing a ...

The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) has vowed to sanction any practitioner who engage valuation service informally without proper registration with the Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria (ESVARBON). Delivering a speech in Calabar, last week during its 22nd John Wood Ekpenyong Memorial Lecture/Fellows’ Induction ceremony, Chairman of the Board, Mr. William Odudu appealed to such practitioner ...

According to reports Robert Kardashian bought a 4,256 sq. ft 4 bedroom home for $2.285 million in Calabasas within the gated Oaks neighborhood with the help of his mum, Kris Jenner who helped out with the purchase, which is under the family trust, and it closed a week ago The Kardashians have quite the compound going — Rob, Khloe, Kourtney, ...

Veteran Nigerian rapper and CEO of Rugged Records, Michael Stephen popularly knows as RuggedMan has landed an endorsement deal with a real estate company, Numatville Megacity. The deal will see the rapper go home with a plot of land worth N50 million. The endorsement is an initiative of Akin Olowookere, former Board Chairman of Ondo State Land & Housing Corporation, ...

Unbelievable but true! The Fuggerei is the world’s oldest social housing complex still in use. In this truly magical place, rent hasn’t been raised since the year 1520. After minting coins for the Vatican and making a name for himself as one of Europe’s greatest early entrepreneurs, Jakob Fugger (aka “Jakob the Rich”) turned his eye toward those in need. What emerged from this vision ...

What does it mean to have a Maintenance Culture? Imagine having a generating set that has been working for months and yet not serviced once, then it breaks down one day and that’s when you realize it needs servicing. Being in tune with or showing sensitivity towards the proper functioning of a property, machine, structure e.t.c and carrying out repairs ...

Authorities in Beijing plan to develop a network of ventilation “corridors” to help tackle the city’s notorious air pollution, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. Construction in the zones, which will be created by connecting parks, rivers, lakes, highways and low building blocks, will be strictly controlled and obstacles to air flow will be removed over time, Xinhua ...

Following the call made by Minister for Power, Housing and Works to review the procurement law and increase mobilisation fee for road contractors to enable contractors deliver completed projects without delay, Nigerians have reacted. While some are in support, others feel the contractors have not made good use of the mobilisation fee being given to them. Read reactions below: s

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed an application at the Federal High Court, Lagos, seeking an order to seize all properties belonging to a former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo. Mr. Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, was declared wanted by the EFCC last week after failing to ‎honour repeated invitations for questioning. Mr. Ekpemupolo and Patrick Akpobolokemi, ...