Real Estate

Africa’s largest producer of the building material, Dangote Cement, has cut prices of cement in its home market, Nigeria. CEO of Dangote Cement, Onne van der Weijde, said in Lagos that the price cuts to its 3X cement brand by N6,000 ($30.23) per metric tonne, translating to N300 reduction per 50kg bag, and allows Dangote to still achieve strong returns. ...

The Primary Mortgage Banks that are shareholders of the Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC) have approved an increase of its share capital from N1 million to N18 billion. Also, the chairman of the company and its chief Executive Officer, appraised the company’s performance at its 1st Annual General Meeting, which held in Lagos, recently, reports Bennett Oghifo Business at the ...

One of Africa’s leading property services firms‚ Broll Property Group, scooped eight awards in the Euromoney Real Estate Awards 2015‚ and was named the number one advisor and consultant in Ghana‚ Nigeria and SA. The Euromoney Real Estate Survey Awards recognise excellence in the real estate sector and the awards are based on responses to detailed questionnaires by a broad ...

REFUGEES HOUSING IN NEW ZEALAND – Canterbury parishes have joined churches across New Zealand offering support for hundreds of additional Syrian refugees. Leaders of Anglican, Baptist and Catholic churches called on the Government to increase its quota and committed to helping provide housing, resettlement and language assistance for more than 1200 additional refugees. The churches’ call comes as the crisis ...

Taxes are known to be levies paid by citizens of a community for the services provided such as town halls, markets, roads, electricity e.t.c. The existence of taxes dates way back to the ancient communities where people pay either tribute or sweat tax to the local chiefs. Since the discovery of crude oil in the early 1960’s in Nigeria, the ...

The Lagos State Government has said that new applicants for Certificate of Occupancy on properties would be issued the document within 90 days of payment. In a statement on Tuesday, the state government said that‎ the speed is to ensure that the process of applying and getting the copy of the C of O is not only less cumbersome but ...

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), at the weekend, commended Enugu State Governor, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for subsidising the houses funded by the bank, appealing to other state governors to emulate the gesture, in order to make houses affordable to civil servants across the federation. Its Managing Director, Mr Gimba Yau Kumo, said that the allocation of the 100 ...

The Nigerian singer, Davido, his elder brother Adewale Adeleke and members of his entourage which includes HKN producer Shiizii and manager Kamal Ajiboye, over the weekend were in his hometown of Osun State to attend the maiden convocation of the Adeleke University, which is owned by his family. Following that, the HKN crew inspected on-going construction at the Adeleke University’s ...

Asides financial advantages, if you have been lucky enough to have kind-hearted Landlords and have never had to owe your Landlord then you probably will not understand the relief that comes with finally having to become your own landlord. Nigeria Real Estate hub gets Mr. Sunny Elem, a business man and a family man to share his quite inspiring journey ...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has lauded Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, for providing affordable housing for people in the state. Rivers PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah, said residents had thus received a new lease of life. This follows the commissioning of 50 lower-high income houses at Iriebe in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state recently. The project is part ...