Real Estate

Real estate business can be quite a rewarding career for any Tom, Dick and sometimes Maria, regardless of their educational background but varied skill sets should be a requisite. Little wonder, people think a real estate career is easy money, though there is a lot more to it than that. However, you don’t need to be a “salesman” to be ...

Martins quickly left the reception immediately after prayers and was about to run into the toilet to go and hide in a bid to delay his confrontation with Ada. He knew it was stupid since he was still going to face the inevitable but he didn’t care. He wasn’t ready to lose this job just yet. Unfortunately, Ada was as ...

As part of its commitment to save the environment and the planet earth, an Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of the Pan Atlantic University (PAU), Ajah, Lagos, last week unveiled a three-storey green building, located within the institution’s campus. The building, described as example of environmental sustainable building in Nigeria and West Africa consists of a 60-seater amphitheatre, 54-seater multi-purpose classroom, ...

Most professional courses usually have associations or forums where people with the same interest and goals come together to promote their values and the Engineering profession is not excluded. The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is a body that caters for the professional interests of its members through constant interactions amongst members and carefully planned programs and seminars, with the ...

The real estate sector is believed to be a sector which responds fast to the tune of any economy. This invariably means that the sector derives success or failure from the state of the economy. This is what inspired the view of Mr. Chude Obosi, the African President of International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) who expressed that high end properties ...

Mr. Godwin Alenkhe, Chairman of the Estate, Rent and Commission Agents Association of Nigeria, Lagos state chapter has expressed that the high cost of land transactions is having a negative impact on the real estate sector as Nigerians now invest in foreign properties. He said this in an interview with MAUREEN IHUA-MADUENYI of PUNCH news. When asked how the devaluation ...

The city-state of Monaco is known for the ceaseless extravagance which exists there. There is more to come as the city which serves as playground for the ultra-wealthy will soon be home to the world’s most expensive apartment, rumored to be valued at $400 million. Currently under construction, the pricey “Sky Penthouse” will be located atop the Odeon Tower, the ...

Whilst making effort to combat fraudulent acts trailing the housing scheme over allegation of imposters pretending to be officials of the Ogun state government, saddled with the responsibility of regularising property documents under its Homeowners’ Charter Scheme, the state has called on all property owners to be wary of such fraudsters. The announcement of caution, which came last week at ...

Welcome to another issue of the first ever Real Estate Fiction Series in Nigeria – The BROUHAHA of OGA MARTINS. If you have been following the story since the first episode, you will realize that Oga Martins has gone through a lot both at home with his co-tenants and at his new job. His life is not all gloom and ...

Inaugurated on the 1st of April 1960, the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) was established after a detailed planning of its structures and systems by an 8-member study group two years earlier. However, the idea for the formation of an autonomous organization for professional architects was first conceived by three Nigerians living and training in England in the early fifties. ...