Real Estate

Get out that sold sign — these selling tips will make your property a hot commodity. Don’t do major renovations before selling. Huge construction projects aren’t likely to bring you a big return when you sell. Small changes that play up your home’s assets are more likely to increase your sale price. Do provide easy access for showings Selling your ...

Yesterday we reported 50% fall in Real estate transactions, Dubai, Well, today its real estate Brazil. Purchase real estate prices all over Brazil have fallen a combined 3.47 percent in real prices the first months of 2015 according to the Fipe-Zap index. The index collected real estate prices in twenty Brazilian cities and measured them against inflation, registering monthly price ...

Nigeria, with a population of over 170 million people, is facing a national housing deficit of about 17.5 million units, and requires a minimum of additional one million housing units each year to reduce that deficit. With high interest rates on mortgages, high cost of construction material and land, many Nigerians cannot afford a brick and mortar house in the ...

The real estate business is a capital intensive one especially in a country like Nigeria where there are no proper mortgage systems and structures that make acquisition of real estate easy or convenient yet. Real estate developers, individuals and organizations have however found a way to survive in this harsh business environment and ensure that the sector doesn’t become decrepit ...

NREH: Good afternoon sir and thank you for granting us this interview. Kindly introduce yourself. Bababunmi: My names are Akinyemi Bababunmi, I am the CEO of Badekin properties, a real estate consulting firm, and we have been in the industry for quite a while now. To God be the glory we are doing very well in the industry.   NREH: How ...

Social media is a relentless globe trotter who has proven over the years that he is on an unending quest and like Duracell battery; “it never says die,” however don’t abuse it because doing so will be at your own peril Social media is one of the fastest and most cost effective ways to share your brand with a large ...

In the latest policy proposal by Prime Minister Tony Abott’s government’s tough new laws to combat the nation’s housing affordability crisis, which has been partially caused by foreign investors who have inflated housing costs and priced out local buyers, foreign investors who have purchased property illegally in Australia will have until the end of November to come forward to avoid criminal ...

Sales numbers in Dubai have been falling steadily since the end of last year after the Dubai government introduced tough new mortgage caps and higher transaction fees in an attempt to slow what had been one of the fastest rising housing markets in the world. The fall in volumes was one factor that prompted the consultancy JLL and the ratings ...

The day was gradually breaking as Martins stood beside Deji who sat down on the pavement looking tired after one of the longest two hours of their lives. If the circumstances were different, he probably would have laughed at the soot that covered some parts of his face but there was nothing funny about the situation. Some of the women ...

Xenophobia is intense dislike or prejudice against people of another country or race. This word came under intense spotlight recently following the wanton display of cruelty by South Africans who claim to be threatened by the presence of foreigners in their country who have supposedly taken over majority of their businesses and jobs. In 2014, South Africa became the 13th ...