Real Estate Articles

China Is Set to Build This Smog-Eating ‘Forest City’ Filled With Tree-Covered Skyscrapers The eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, like many of the country’s urban areas, suffers from intense smog. The Air Quality Index, which uses a scale from 0 to 500 (with higher numbers indicating worse pollution), rates Nanjing’s air quality as 132 – a level considered unhealthy for the public, especially ...

When you talk about social housing for the masses, the words that come to mind are cheap, affordable, non-profit driven, mass produced houses that could be occupied by low income earners, who may wish to save towards eventually buying such houses with time. Considering the fact that Nigeria has a housing deficit of about 17 million units, any information that ...

Environmental factors are largely responsible for property value. Man’s attitude towards the surrounding environment is not neutral because human beings search for locations that deliver a high quality of life. Those expectations particularly concern man’s daily surroundings, including residential areas or recreational grounds. The focus of this article is to analyse how environmental factors affect the value of properties. The ...

Most of us speak ill of our landlords like we do not aspire to be landlords someday. And I want to believe no one wants to remain a tenant for the rest of their lives, or are there exceptions? This article talks about how tenants can build or maintain a cordial relationship with landlords It is so easy to castigate ...

The real estate industry has struggled in the past years, with a nasty recession and housing bubble threatening the industry. But surveys have shown real estate icons are some of the most satisfied in the country—and the new technologies paving the way for their success means success for anyone looking to rent, buy, or sell real estate. Whereas gaps once ...

There some buildings on earth with very weird designs that would make anyone asides the architects who came up with such concept what on earth was the motive behind such designs. This article lists the top 10 most unusual homes in the world Some buildings diverge from the norm so much that they make you stop and think about how architects ever came ...

This is the concluding part of the topic; “How to do a Proper Land and Property Search”. Just like this first part, in this piece, we will be discussing the act of Land and Property search; it’s importance and the processes involved. Now, let’s examine critically a situation where a land owner who has done search on a property and ...

Acquiring estate agents marketing skill is the extra knowledge that will separate you from the bunch of agents in Nigeria. It’s that extra that separates a successful marketer from others. Yes, everybody is a marketer, one way or the other. Well, this may sound a hard nut to crack, initially to some of you. But, pause for a moment and ...

Just like our minds control the thoughts we nurture so is our brain equipped with the capacity to filter noise and many times it filters background noise that reaches it without us even noticing. This article reveals ways we can reduce ambient noise within our homes. It is common knowledge that exposure to very loud noise can be damaging to ...

There are many countries in the world that attract visitors to their domain daily; these countries are many foreigners’ delight. In this article, we take a look at the top 10 most visited countries in the world. What makes certain countries so attractive to visit for non-citizens of the countries? Economics, proximity to other affluent countries, and natural and man-made ...