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The Federal Government recently re-appointed Mr. Gimba Yaú Kumo as Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) for a second tenure of four years. In this interview from Vanguard news, he assesses the mortgage industry in Nigeria and the plan to recapitalize FMBN for better performance. Below are excerpts of the interview. How would you describe the mortgage ...

Resort Savings and Loans Plc says it has secured the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria’s approval for N1.5bn mortgages for more than 125 beneficiaries under the National Housing Fund Scheme. According to the mortgage bank, this comes amid the struggle by the nation to tackle the challenge of providing affordable housing for its citizens. A statement from the company quoted ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria is working to raise the share capital of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to N250 billion within the next few months in order to enable it tackle the country’s housing deficit, according to its Managing Director, Gimba Ya’u Kumo. Ya’u Kumo who spoke at a send forth/ welcome dinner organised by the bank ...

The President , Council for the Regualtion of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) Mr kashim Ali, has called for adequate funding and effective monitoring of mortgage financing institutions to ensure that their services are accessible to more Nigerians. COREN president, who was speaking to journalists in Abuja on the state of the housing sector development in Nigeria, noted that so many ...

In a bid to provide housing for the informal sector, the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) last week entered into a partnership with traders in Abuja for the delivering of 5,000 housing units in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Under the scheme with the National Association of Nigerian Traders, the first phase will start in the site for the proposed FHA ...

IN a fresh move to provide housing for Nigerians, the apex mortgage institution – Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria [FMBN] plans to provide National Housing Fund (NHF) loan to 10,596 applicants, worth about N48 billion. FMBN Managing Director, Mr. Gimba Ya’u Kumo, announced the new funding last week during the NDIC year 2014 Sensitization Workshop for operators of Primary Mortgage ...

In addition to its infrastructure upgrade and environmental transformation, the Lagos State government is using its pace-setting home ownership mortgage scheme—the LagosHOMS—to drive urban regeneration that would ultimately dovetail into its dream mega city status. This regeneration which has already seen some footprints in some parts of the state, particularly Ikeja and Lagos Island, involves the demolition of obsolete housing ...

If you are considering going in the path of mortgage to finance your dream of building your first house, it is not a far-fetched idea. You should however consider carefully and with the help of experts the various types of mortgages available and the details involved since each mortgage type have its own interest rate and flexibility; all of which ...

NREH: I don’t know what your opinion is about another model of financing housing construction that has been lauded successful especially in the eastern part of the continent. It runs like a gradual incremental micro housing finance. Mortgage for us in our country looks like a high horse hanging there. Micro housing finance looks like its closer to us but ...

NREH:  We would like to congratulate you on your professorship. We know you run an NGO known as Ideal Habitat. Why did you start ideal habitat and what progress have you made so far? PROF NUBI:  The vision and inspiration to start ideal habitat is upon a deep reflection on the way we live our lives. As far back as ...