Real Estate

Minister for Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Fashola has called for a review in the way Nigerians pay two years house rent whenever they are seeking to get an apartment. He stated this while speaking at a press conference in Abuja recently “The way we collect rent is something that must change. If we are collecting two years rent in ...

Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federal (HOS), says Federal Government is poised to address the housing needs of civil servants in the country. She stated this while inaugurating an 11-Man Committee of the Federal Integrated Staff Housing (FISH) Programme in Abuja on Monday. “Civil servants deserve quality housing estates like their counterparts in the ...

Housing markets across Australia are set to lose some steam in 2016, according to a report released by Australian property search firm Domain Group on Monday. Property prices across major cities are expected to slow dramatically as investors continue their exodus from the market, the study predicts. Double-digit growth in major housing markets such as Sydney and Melbourne in the last ...

A homeless man has been charged with property destruction after police discovered a 15-foot-deep cave they say he dug in a public park. Yosue Joel Rios, 25, was arrested Sunday after police in Fairfax, Virginia found a man-made cave in Van Dyck Park. The painstakingly created home about 200 yards behind the headquarters of the City of Fairfax Police Department ...

Though opportunities may surface if tolls are introduced on our highways, it doesn’t mean it won’t come with the challenges which formed the core of the reason for the demolition of same in 2004. In view of this, it is crucial the present government make the masses understand the yardstick behind the planned re-establishment of toll gates on our federal ...

Cellular service provider Verizon has given a $1,000 grant to The Center for Family Justice in Bridgeport, which provides shelter and other services to domestic violence survivors in Bridgeport and surrounding communities. The money to be used to help its clients purchase gift cards to defray the costs of their holiday shopping. Funds for the grant come from the Hopeline ...

Pricing a property is perhaps one of the most controversial steps to a real estate process and can often become a point of contention between property owner and a real estate agent. The difference between the time and money you’ve poured into your property and what the market says your property is worth may be far apart in your mind ...

Pastor Bassey James, who is the senior pastor of the Royal House of faith, Lekki, is one person that is enthu­siastic to see the Jakande’s magic in mass housing re-created. He opines that doing this would create large number of jobs. In this interview, James, who is also chancellor of the Akpabiosm Centre for Leadership Development, Uyo, bares his mind ...

In their bid to be globally competitive in the plant and machinery valuation practice, estate surveying and valuation practitioners in Nigeria recently went into  partnership with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), to obtain an international certification. Though, known as valuation in Nigeria, some countries use the term, appraisal to define the act of estimating value for tangible and intangible ...

As in many aspects of life, the key to real estate investment can just be location. There are a few things you can look for in the area of your possible real estate investment that can tell you some important things about the possible long-term health of your potential investment. 1.  Check For Growth Is the area you’re looking at ...