Real Estate

The couple recently moved to The Oaks in Calabasas, Los Angeles, home to many celebrities. The couple who recently got engaged are renting the mansion which has eight bedrooms, a guest quarters, private cinema and spa, an elevator, basketball court and so much more. View pictures below:

Ikorodu town – initially a massive forest lying a few kilometers north of the Lagos Lagoon, and less than 10 kilometers north of the Atlantic Ocean, was once a walled City. This article is the second and concluding part of “ What you should know about Ikorodu”. It bridges the gap between the old and the new. Read part one ...

A group of international investors, under the aegis of Greenstone Capital International Africa and Tacnero Global, have disclosed plans to invest $200bn in five African countries, including Nigeria. According to the group’s legal adviser, Greg Anumenechi, in a statement on Thursday, the investment plan tagged: AMPLE, will also be extended into real estate, industrial, Information Technology, parks, education and the ...

Just like every real estate property, building a duplex is a great investment for homeowners and landlords, albeit it still comes with its unique advantages and disadvantages. This article highlights the things you should know before buying or building a duplex. Duplexes are houses that are divided into two separate units, but essentially share the same building. Building a duplex ...

Ikorodu Town is the second most populous Local Government Area in Lagos state with a population estimated at about 2 million people and an annual growth rate of about 10%. This article gives us useful insight to the latest addition of sprawling cities in Lagos state and probably what you never knew about Ikorodu. Ikorodu Town: ‘Ilu kekere oko ilu ...

The managing director of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Mr Gimba Kumo yesterday told the Senate that commercial banks and insurance companies have defaulted payment of their contributions to housing scheme for 24 years. He called for the recapitalisation of the mortgage banks to N250 billion to further empower the banks to meet the housing challenge in Nigeria. The ...

I came across an article that addressed how to prevent burglary in our homes while surfing the the internet last weekend, and I thought to add my quota and share a slightly different view on how to prevent burglary in our homes. This should help everyone reading to raise the security level on our homes a notch higher.  A home cannot ...

Pros and cons of owning a rental property in layman’s language simply means the favourable and unfavourable factors of owning a rental property. This article sheds more light on what ordinarily should be a worthy venture When I was an undergraduate schooling in Benin, my first overtures away from the school hostel opened my eyes to the profitability of residential ...

Bad tenants are a major source of worry to a typical Nigerian landlord because they can ruin in few minutes a property investment that took several years to build. This article discloses possible ways of avoiding bad tenants and making them stay clear off your property. Bad tenants are everywhere, but how does a landlord really differentiate who has the ...

The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Nigeria will on Wednesday hold its inaugural New Year dinner at the Metropolitan Club in Victoria Island in Lagos. “The dinner is taking place to usher in the New year and to bring together real estate minds to ponder on the year ahead and what it brings,” according to Mr. Gbenga Ismail. The topical ...