Real Estate

Australia property market – One of the key factors powering Australia’s stellar home price boom is set to slow dramatically, economists warn—a change that could finally see the country’s seemingly endless run of property price appreciation take a well-needed pause. Speculative investors are a major force in Australia’s red-hot property market, helping push the value of residential property half a ...

Dangote cement plant in Zambia – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was in Zambia on a one-day official visit, commissioned a 1.5 million tonnes Dangote Cement Plant and 30 megawatts (mw) coal-fired power plant in Ndola yesterday. Dangote Group, yesterday, strengthened the bilateral trade between Nigeria and Zambia with the official opening of the Group’s $400 million cement plant, with ...

The Iconic leader and one-time President of South Africa the late Nelson Rohlilhahla Mandela once said “Why bother to visit Europe, you’ll find it all here.” This statement was in reference to Abuja the now famous federal capital territory of the most populous black nation in the world. The centrally located Nigeria city with a population of 979,876 was created ...

The Cupertino-based Mac maker has purchased a roughly 43-acre development site in North San Jose in a blockbuster real estate transaction that raises tantalizing questions about the company’s plans there. The deal for developer Lowe Enterprises’ so-called “n1 Campus” closed last week, according to public records. Apple paid just more than $138 million for the property at 2347 North First ...

The on-going exercise by operatives of the Lagos State Special Task Force on Environmental and other Related Offences to rid Lagos of miscreants and other criminal elements, has led to the arrest of illegal occupants of abandoned buildings, hemp smokers and hoodlums suspected to have been terrorising some areas in the state. Those arrested were three female teenagers and 90 adult ...

No fewer than 30 facilities were shut by the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency in areas, including Ketu, Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki, Victoria Island and Surulere. A hotel owned by ex-Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo, the Hardley Apartments, on Victoria Island was among other hotels, churches and mosques sealed across the state on Monday over alleged air and noise pollution. LASEPA said ...

Tujia, China’s equivalent of the property-rental site Airbnb, has raised $300 million in its latest round of funding, valuing the start-up at more than $1 billion, the company said on Monday. The fund-raising was led by the Hong Kong-based All-Stars Investment, which has also invested in the smartphone maker Xiaomi and the taxi-hailing app Didi Kuaidi. Luo Jun, one of ...

The Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria, (ESVARBON), has said it desires to have more members register as Surveyors, as it inducted 202 new ones. Chairman of the Board, Elder William Odudu, who inducted the new surveyors at the 36th ESVARBON induction ceremony said Nigeria now has a total of 3,723 estate surveyors, including the new one, which ...

Selection of the site is, arguably, the single most important consideration in the process of providing housing. Factors such as the location, size and accessibility of a site and its proximity to amenities and services are important to the future development of a self-sustaining community. In the wider context, any new housing development will have a significant impact on the ...

Good news it may finally seem for residence of Ikotun/Ejigbo/Cele in Alimosho local government. The Lagos State Public Works Corporation says construction will soon commence on the long stretch of road linking Ikotun-Ejigbo in Alimosho Local Government to Cele Express Bus Stop along the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. The PUNCH had two weeks ago published a story on the deplorable state of ...