Real Estate

John Legend’s real estate agent is on the move. Jason Walker, formerly of Douglas Elliman, decamped to Compass, and sources said he plans to list the singer’s Nolita pad next week. To date, Walker has sold more than $1 billion worth of real estate, Compass said. He joined Elliman in 2005 and was named Rookie of the Year that year. ...

Lagos state governor, Akinwumi Ambode on Friday said the state would consider adopting a ‘ rent and own ’ policy in resolving its housing deficiency. In a chat with media executives at his office in Alausa, Ikeja, Ambode acknowledged that it was not easy for a winner of a three-bedroom flat, under the state government’s housing scheme, to make an initial ...

Commercial real estate is booming in Ghana, a nation of 27 million people with a strong cultural heritage, plentiful resources, and a stable government along the west coast of Africa. Many corporations, such as General Electric, Caterpillar, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, are setting up headquarters in Accra, Ghana. As a result, the demand for training in commercial real estate has grown exponentially. ...

Though Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria with a land mass of 3,345 square kilometers, ironically it is one of the most populated cities in Nigeria. People from all other places in the country migrate into a place that has been described by some sections of the country as “no man’s land”. In Lasgidi every manner of humans can ...

China ranks as Australia’s top foreign investor when it comes to real estate, manufacturing, and mineral exploration and development, according to business intelligence consultants, Basis Point. According to their latest insights, there have been more than 25,000 Australian residential properties purchased by overseas Chinese over the past three years. Basis Point found real estate investment from China during 2013 to ...

Chicago homeowners on average will pay about $90 more in property taxes this year than last year, Cook County Clerk David Orr announced Thursday, with the increase driven in part by a tax hike for Chicago Public Schools.   Taxes on a Chicago home with a market value of $199,000 will go up from $3,237 in 2014 to $3,327, Orr ...

Two of Northern Ireland’s housing associations have merged and have announced plans to build 2,500 new homes across the province. OakleeTrinity and Ulidia Housing Associations have formed what is now the largest housing association in Northern Ireland – Choice. Its £340m plans include the building of 2,500 new social and affordable homes in the next five years, as well as ...

Government on Wednesday launched its ‘Housing for All by 2022’ mission and approved a substantial increase in interest relief on loan for the urban poor to promote affordable homes. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the recommendations of an Inter-Ministerial Committee to increase interest subvention to 6.50 per cent on housing loans to beneficiaries belonging to ...

France unveiled plans on Wednesday to add 10,500 additional housing spots for migrants as European nations grapple with how to handle a wave of people crossing the Mediterranean. The government plans 5,000 housing units for people granted asylum in France, 4,000 for asylum seekers and 1,500 emergency slots for illegal immigrants. In seven years, the number of asylum seekers has ...

No fewer than 300 housing units being constructed by the Federal Government in collaboration with Cross River State for the resettlement of the displaced people of Agwagune in Biase LGA of Cross River State have reached advanced stages of completion. Over 60 per cent of the houses comprising two bedrooms semidetached and 3 bedrooms have been roofed while others are ...