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Even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has taken some steps towards boosting housing provision, Nigerians are gaining momentum. The 1978 Land Use Act, however, remains a major impediment towards achieving the target. In mid-2017, the CBN launched its Nigerian Housing Finance Programme (NHFP), popularly known as “My Own Home. The scheme, a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, is targeted ...

The Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Arch. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, has warned the Mortgage Bankers’ Association of Nigeria (MBAN) to stop delaying the disbursement of funds to developers. Dangiwa, who gave the warning at a tripartite meeting between the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Mortgage Bankers’ Association of Nigeria (MBAN) and Real Estate Developers’ Association of ...

After an initial effort that eventually turned out to be a ‘false start’, a fresh move to facilitate the mobilization of fund for the provision of houses for Nigerians at affordable prices may be in the offing. The move would rejuvenate mortgage sector as part of the wider plans of overhauling housing financing institutions in the country. Coming under the ...

The president of Mortgage Bankers Association of Nigeria (MBAN), Mr Adeniyi Akinlusi has disclosed that each mortgage collected to build a house would create 35 direct and 35 indirect jobs. Akinlusi who stated this in an interview with LEADERSHIP Newspaper in Abuja described the mortgage system as a major hub for job creation. Giving a breakdown on how the jobs ...

Mr Adeniyi Akinlusi, President, Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN), on Wednesday urged exploration of the potentials in the real estate sector to aid economic development and alleviate poverty. Akinlusi, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that there were untapped resources in the real estate and construction industry. He ...

Lagos   –    Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) on Wednesday expressed readiness to surmount the bottlenecks associated with land title processes through the introduction of “Formula 131’’. The MBAN’s President, Mr Adeniyi Akinlusi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that formula 131 stipulates that the cost of obtaining land ...

Gearing up for a veritable funding source for the sub-sector, mortgage operators (MBAN) have moved to explore the suitability, applicability and the possibility of adopting the non-interest mortgages to unlock the potentials of the Sukuk model. The operators, under the aegis of the Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria agreed in a seven-page communiqué after its chief executive officers retreat in ...

Daily Trust reports that the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) Tuesday  conveyed a stakeholders meeting in  Abuja  to proffer solutions to the problem of collating data for the real estate and housing sector in Nigeria. Stakeholders in attendance included  directors from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Power Works and Housing, the Federal Mortgage Bank ...

MBAN is the Umbrella body for all mortgage banks licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to engage in Mortgage Business in Nigeria. Its main focus is to ensure the access to mortgage finance for provision of affordable housing through effective advocacy for improved legal/regulatory/operating environments for home-ownership finance in Nigeria. The association was incorporated on August 6, 1992 under ...