Tag Archives: Estate Surveyors and Valuers

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 ...

Agency is described as a relationship existing between a principal and an agent, where an agent is given rights of authorization from the former to act on his behalf. Such relationship could be established when principals are convinced that the involvement of agents will produce more effective returns usually due to their vantage in training, commitment and knowledge in the ...

Since the supposed regulation of property values in Nigeria via the Rent Control and Recovery of Residential Premises (RCRRP) Edict in 1997, have Nigerians being the better for it or are they worse hit by it. Has the law really being effective or is it moribund? This article analyses the effect of rent control or regulation of property values in ...

The Lagos Branch Chairman of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Mr. Offiong Ukpong has said that Surveyors and Valuers are not responsible for the huge housing deficit and high rent. He was reacting to the claim of Works, Power and Housing Minister Mr. Babatunde Fashola’s that surveyors and valuers should be blamed for those problems. Ukpong, who ...

In 2001, the Lagos State Government promulgated the Land Use Charge law in response to the increasing demand for provision of urban and rural infrastructures occasioned by dwindling federal revenue allocations. 14 years later the land use charge law is still not widely accepted. Majority of Lagosians don’t even see the justification or the rationale for its promulgation, a lot ...

A distinguishing feature of a profession is its acceptance of its responsibility to the public. The clients of Estate Surveyors and Valuers consist of the three arms of government; private investors, the business and financial community, and others who rely on the objectivity and integrity of members to maintain the orderly functioning of the real estate business hence high level ...

Estate Surveyors and valuers are not so well perceived in the public’s eye, that’s if they are even known. Albeit, a distinguishing feature of a profession is its acceptance of its responsibility to the public. The clients of Estate Surveyors and Valuers consist of the three arms of government; private investors, the business and financial community, and others who rely ...

The Nigerian Institution Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) will begin its 45th annual conference today in Osun State to meet its professional obligations and relevance in the build industry. Essentially, the realtors would be considering ‘‘Urban Regeneration as a Catalyst for National Development”, with a view to discussing key issues related to city development. Also to be considered at the ...

One of the leading professional bodies in the Nigerian real estate industry is the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), a non-profit, voluntary, professional body established by a couple of surveyors who had their professional training in the UK and obtained the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors certification. The institution, which was created in 1969, was set up ...

NREH: Including people like Jide Taiwo? If he wishes. It’s just that in the country now, real estate agents have many associations. I spoke about ERCAAN earlier and there are so many others but after the stakeholders meeting, a lot of them now want to affiliate with APICAN and we are all working on having a common body. The people ...