Real Estate

  Those who are clamouring for a halt to the coroner’s inquest into the September 12, 2014 disaster that occurred at the ‘SCOAN’ headquarters killing 116 people including about 84 South African nationals should know this; “Section 74(1) of the Physical Planning and Development Law of Lagos State states inter alia that at any time there is a collapsed building ...

    The major challenge on the issue of building collapse is that individuals differ radically from one another on the professional to blame as the major cause of the collapse of a building. As the battle between the Lagos state government and the Synagogue Church of all Nations wages on, we want to take a moment to analyze the ...

Last week we talked about the time it takes to succeed in real estate business. This week, we begin a series that will be delving into tips that come handy if you are to succeed in your real estate business. The foremost and most consequential success hint to any human endeavour is having a road map; You need to work ...

In the light of the incident at the Synagogue Church of all Nations, the incidence of building collapse in Lagos state is now growing at an alarming rate, seemingly uncontrollable or beyond easy control and this should be a source of serious concern to all stake holders – the professionals in building industry, government, private developers, clients and users, as ...

“Where have you been in the past one week?” Martins demanded as he opened the door for Deji who removed his shirt as soon as he came in and slung it over his shoulder. Martins was also bare-chested. The weather was hot and as usual, there was no light. “Anything to eat? I’m hungry,” he stated as he walked to ...

An architect in Port Harcourt, Leonard Ladipo, has identified inconsistency in policy as the problem of development in the housing sector in Nigeria. Ladipo who came up with this while speaking with The Tide shortly after a forum in Port Harcourt recently, noted that many past administrations that formulated various housing policies never accomplished them. According to him, the housing ...

New York’s luxury property market registered the biggest gains globally in high-end home prices in 2014, according to Knight Frank, a global residential and commercial property consultancy firm. The value of high-end residential property in the U.S. financial center soared 18.8 percent between December 2013 and December 2014, far outpacing the global average price growth of 2 percent, the real ...

We brought you the ‘FIRST EVER REAL ESTATE FICTION SERIES’ that has been opening our eyes week in, week out to the challenges tenants go through with their landlords and even their fellow tenants. The Brouhaha of Oga Martins is believed to have also created a broader perspective as to the hurdles real estate agents and practitioners have to cross ...

If you’re thinking about buying property in Dubai, now could be the best time. Prices for an apartment in the emirate could cost you less than Dhs400,000 according to new report which states the cost was much higher up to seven years ago. The reason investing in a flat or villa is a good time now is because home loan ...

The Senate on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with sale of the confiscated property of the Managing Director of the then Oceanic Bank Plc, Cecilia Ibru, by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria.   The Senate said the procedure was not open. This was even as AMCON disclosed that Ibru was still owing about N16.1 billion. The Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, ...