Real Estate

A 10-year overview of the property market in Scotland has revealed a mixture of “highs and lows”, with average prices increasing over the decade but the volume of sales falling. The Registers of Scotland (RoS) report showed the average house price was up 35 per cent, from £123,977 in 2005-06 to £167,396 in 2014-15. However, during the course of the ...

Mosquitoes have become resistant to insecticides and malaria parasites resistant to drugs. In a research conducted by the London School of Hygiene, researchers looked at how making changes to houses might contribute to tackling the deadly disease. Scientists have claimed that housing improvements in certain settings can help eradicate malaria. The study found that residents of modern homes were 47 ...

Chicago officials have nominated the former CEO of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation as the acting leader of the Chicago Housing Authority. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the nomination of Eugene Jones last week. He’ll replace Michael Merchant who leaving the post for other opportunities. Chicago officials praised Jones’ experience working for housing authorities in several major cities including Detroit, San ...

In property scam, the fraudster claims ownership of a property and after one or more transactions and negotiations, they abscond with the money; hence, leaving the victim completely broken depending on the amount of money involved – which is usually a lot. One of the banes of this type of scam is the length of time it takes to discover ...

Canada housing looks good as the data released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) on Monday showed seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts rose 201,705 units in May, up from 183,329 units in April.   The trend measure of housing starts in Canada was 181,231 units in May compared to 179,524 in April. The trend is ...

Half a dozen nonprofit groups in Western New York will receive $3 million in state funding to help create more low- and moderate-income housing units. The funds are part of an $11 million allocation announced this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo through 61 awards to enable nonprofits and municipalities to create more than 1,000 new units of housing. Awards came ...

Housing projects worth $900 million (AED3.6 billion) have been approved by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed approved the construction of new homes for around 400 citizens at a committee meeting at the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment on Sunday, state news agency WAM reported. The committee also approved the construction of new roads ...

Former Borno state governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has denied reports that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, saying that anybody with the proof should come forward. While a recent media reports say he was arrested over the mismanagement of N300 billion received by his administration in 8 years, particularly between 2003 and 2011. Sheriff, ...

The Vice President and Chairman REDAN south west, CEO Cross and Churchill Estates Limited, Mr. Taiwo Ogunbodede, in a chat with Nigeria real Estate hub correspondent, Elsie Godwin, pointed out the country’s poor infrastructural mechanism as one of the Major challenges facing low cost housing in Nigeria. He also reiterated that the number of housing units being built yearly in the country ...

Property experts call for the release of land to deliver enough homes and address house price boom and bust Property experts have warned that England is heading for a shortfall of 1m homes over the next decade as the housing supply crisis intensifies. According to a report from the agent Savills, after 30 years of insufficient levels of construction across ...