Real Estate Articles

Learning how to navigate the murky waters of real estate investments /is just like any other business or career: It takes time to get good at it. Too many people get frustrated very easily and give up, and this is not only the case with real estate. A lot of people also assume that real estate investment starts and stops at ...

When you use white paint for your walls, it may bring a crisp, clean and heavenly feel in a room but if they’re in your workplace, that crisp feel to it will be short-lived. A white wall in an office only means having to paint the walls occasionally. However this is not all there is to the demerits of painting ...

Whether you’re 18, 21, 30, or 50, there will probably come a time in your life when you decide to move out of home’ and go it alone in the big wide world. This article provides a guide on how to go about it without hassles. Regardless of when it happens, or why, you’ll probably feel the same excitement and ...

Have you ever imagined a situation where your landlord is actually your best friend; be it childhood friend, buddy, colleague or even your ex-course mate? What are the advantages and implications of this sort of relationship? Find answers to the questions raised in this article Given that landlords wield so much power over their tenants, you’d think anyone who’s actually friends with ...

In today’s Nigeria, the landscape is littered with abandoned building projects, roads, rails, ports and other infrastructural projects at all levels of governance from local government through the state government to the federal territory. It is quite unfortunate that many of building and infrastructural projects in Nigeria are out-rightly abandoned even at conception. When we talk of abandonment, we mean ...

A real estate journey involves the steps you take on the pathway of a real estate transaction or business. And just like in every journey we embark on, you are bound to meet people who will either make your journey eventful or hinder you from completing it. Investing in real estate is one of the best business decisions you can ...

Of a truth, there are many things you cannot predict about Lagosians and Lagos state at large. Imagine a government that suddenly decides to increase tax on real properties by a whooping 400% without thinking twice about it’s implications. Stange things evolve every single day of our lives in this city of high-tension drama that it has become a normal ...

On 28 January 2018, the Lagos State House of Assembly passed the Land Use Charge Law 2018 to repeal and replace the Land Use Charge Law 2001. In this article, Lekan Olofinji reports and reviews the aftermath of the LCCI organized forum for the Government and private sector on the issue of the Land Use Charge. Since the repeal and ...

To supervise building projects you first have to identify the most important part of the building project that cannot be overlooked. Building projects include some elements in common, like design, estimation, financial and legal issues, and supervision as well. This article gives an insight on “how to supervise building projects” If you are saddled with the responsibility to supervise building ...

Land Use Charge: Payment is only 0.076% of the 60% of the value of a Property – Real Estate Professionals …it is a more scientific and standardised payment Following the announcement of the re-enacted Land Use Charge Law (LUCL) 2018 of Lagos State, the Coalition of Real Estate Investors and Surveyors in Lagos State has revealed that after its thorough ...