Real Estate Articles

Arranging your furniture is hard enough when all the furniture you own isn’t jammed into a single room. But here you are, in your itty bitty one room apartment, generously called a ‘studio’, and all that stuff has to go somewhere. In this article, we take a look at top 10 cleverly styled one-room apartments. Small apartments are always problematic ...

When a house is in foreclosure then all doesn’t seem well. Foreclosure is something every real estate investor naturally tries to avoid especially when the investor’s real estate acquisition thrives on mortgage. In this article we explain what foreclosure means and how it is effected.  Foreclosure is a legal process in which a lender attempts to recover the balance of ...

Sellers who want to sell their home for the best price while not letting it sit on the market for too long should consider hiring a professional real estate sales agent to assist them in the process. In this article we share with our readers the importance of having professionals handle your real estate sales or transactions. When it comes ...

Attempts to define a common body of knowledge for real estate education have generated a lot of debate in recent years. Some people see estate management as an academic discipline, while others see it as an environmental discipline. In this article we discuss the relevance of real estate education to the practice of real estate in Nigeria. In recent times ...

Owning your house in a country like Nigeria, especially in metro cities of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt is a laudable accomplishment considering the high cost of living. In this article, we take a look at an alternative to paying rent and being treated shabbily by your landlord. The cost of renting a standard house is so back-breaking, sometimes having ...

Most of the monuments, historical buildings and sites that still exist in Nigeria are of immense significance, albeit many of them are not well preserved and there is lack of documentation. In this article we focus on the preservation and maintenance of our monuments, historical buildings and sites. Earlier in the year, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode expressed the ...

According to LAFARGE, in 2014, Nigeria was estimated to have lost N300 billion to bitumen importation. Now, with biting foreign exchange scarcity, dwindling revenue, and prevailing economic recession, experts have called for the use of concrete to build roads rather than bitumen. In this article we take a look at the advantages of Concrete road over Asphalt road In recent ...

A living room should be a place to entertain guests, as well as a space where you can relax and put your feet up. In this article culled from homelife, we take a look at the top 10 Living room styling mistakes people make. Albeit for many, its really no fault of theirs not even with the extent of poverty ...

In Nigeria, the most common type of rental agreement in today’s rental market is a fixed-term lease that can have a duration of a year or more depending on what is agreed upon between the landlord and tenant. This article analyses the pros and cons of paying rent on a monthly basis (short-term lease). Earlier this month, Punch reported that Nigerians may ...

According to recent estimates, there are about 108 million Nigerians technically homeless. Often discernible from others in outward appearance, homeless children and youth face unique challenges associated with residential instability that compound many other difficulties associated with living in poverty. In this article, we shall look at how homelessness affects children What Is Homelessness? Homelessness includes a range of experiences, ...