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Yola – Gov. Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa on Tuesday said that the state government would complement Federal Government housing programme aimed at providing affordable houses for the state workforce. Bindow gave the assurance at the Ground Breaking of 100 units National Affordable Housing Delivery Programme for Nigerian workers in Yola. Reports show that the project is being financed by the ...

Estate surveyors and valuers in the country have advised the Nigerian government to deploy part of the nation’s huge pension funds worth over eight trillion naira to the real estate sector as this will reduce the funding gap in the sector and assist even pensioners own their homes. The chairman estate surveyors and valuers registration board of Nigeria Nweke Umezuruike ...

The Managing Director (MD) of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Mortgage bank, Hayadeen Atiku Auwal, over the weekend handed over keys to 35 eligible contributors who have fulfilled all the basic requirements to access the National Housing Fund (NHF) facility in Gombe, the Gombe state capital. While handing over the keys to the cheerful beneficiaries, Atiku said the scheme was ...

Amidst the lip service being paid by the government on provision of affordable houses, stakeholders have argued that property prices in real estate may continue to escalate due to rising cost of construction materials. This might be worsened by the Land Use Charge (LUC) law made by Lagos State government, which other states may in no distant time start to ...

The Nation reports that a religious organisation, Givers Embassy, said it has concluded arrangements to provide one million affordable houses for Nigerians every year. The church, which is the first no-tithe, no-offering church in Nigeria, unveiled the housing plan to journalists, explaining that the initiative was not just “an appeal to build affordable houses for our people, it is a ...

Management of Akwa Savings and Loans Limited has promised to partner with the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to provide affordable houses for Akwa Ibom civil servants. The Guardian reports that the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Mr. Ebong Bassey disclosed this when the management team of the bank, paid the wife of Akwa Ibom State Governor, ...

In Nigeria and most developing countries, the effects of housing on health has been de-emphasised. Housing and health may not be closely related, however your choice of neighbourhood and habitation plays a huge role in keeping you healthy. The effects of a sub-par housing condition on the health status of many residents could be devastating if not checked. Inadequate or ...

A survey carried out by Halifax on attitudes to getting on the property ladder shows that increasing number of young people in the UK is giving up on owning a home. Rocketing house prices and years without real-terms wages growth have prompted a growing number of younger people to give up the idea of ever owning their own home. The ...

We now think of building our houses in China and have them shipped in. Ready-built town houses shipped from China to Cannington. Innovative WA builder Craig Forster said he was forced to build offshore because no WA steel-frame home manufacturers could meet his demands. The homes, completely finished with all the cabinetry, tiling, flooring, plumbing and electrical fixtures, were erected on ...