Real Estate

From the bricks, hand thrown by craftsmen in Yorkshire, down to the zinc-dipped heated and specially designed towel rails, every inch of Four Oaks; a handmade family home, a six-bedroom, five-bathroom property in Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire, is masterclass. Split over four floors, the property is the epitome of the modern family farmhouse, where the old-style feel pervades – but in ...

Contractors in the nation’s construction industry have appealed to federal and state governments to pay debts owed the firms to enable them to return to project sites across the country. Acting under the auspices of Federation of Construction Industry, the contractors claimed that in the last two years alone, debt owed them by various governments was N600 billion. The president ...

The rate of increase of property prices in Ireland is the second highest in the world. Residential property prices in Ireland rose by 10.81% year-on-year through to the end of June, according to a study by Global Property Guide. The highest rate of increase globally was in Hong Kong, where property prices surged by 16.43% during the year to Q2 2015, a ...

The Ogun State government, has issued the certificate of occupancy to another 1,500 beneficiaries of the Homeowners Charter designed by the government to allow residents and homeowners to ratify their building approval and title At a ceremony held at the arcade ground of the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta, the state  capital, the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga, while representing the governor at the ...

Carlyle Group LP raised $4.2 billion for its seventh U.S. real estate fund, meeting the top end of its target range, in preparation for more property purchases at a time when prices are at record levels. The firm will expand investments in apartment buildings, along with its other areas of focus: warehouses, offices and retail properties in major markets, said ...

Pharmaceutical billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla has bought a former maharaja’s mansion in Mumbai from the US government for around 7.5bn rupees (£73m), making it the most expensive ever residential purchase in the country. The 50,000 sq ft seaside mansion was used as the US consulate from 1957, and later renamed Lincoln House. It was put on the market four years ago, ...

While much has been done to crush the misconception, many still believe that to be a successful real estate investor, you must either have a lot of money or find some one-in-a-million opportunity. That is plainly not true and while it may certainly turn out that making money through investing comes easier as wealth increases, all wealth has to start ...

The two-storey Islamic School structure that collapsed in Jos on Sunday was originally a bugalow that was “forcefully” converted, the National Emergency Management Agency has said. “The foundation and all the materials were for a small bungalow, but the building structure was suddenly converted into a two-storey structure, forcing it to cave in as the foundation materials could not cope ...

In 2001, the Lagos State Government promulgated the Land Use Charge law in response to the increasing demand for provision of urban and rural infrastructures occasioned by dwindling federal revenue allocations. 14 years later the land use charge law is still not widely accepted. Majority of Lagosians don’t even see the justification or the rationale for its promulgation, a lot ...

Against the backdrop of the widening housing deficit in the country resulting from unfriendly policies, the need for governments at the federal and state level to see the issue of housing as a matter of concern and priority has been stressed. The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Le’Venue Property Co. Ltd, Mr. Jemine Adollo, who spoke to ...