Players in Nigerian mortgage industry are optimistic that the recent action by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) that saw the removal of 5 percent cap on interest rates for…
Notwithstanding the lull in Nigeria’s real estate sector, the Lekki-Epe area of Lagos has continued to offer a ray of hope for property investment with investors, developers and realtors upping…
Location Propertygate Center is a prestigious office development located in the Central Business District of upscale Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. Stunningly elegant with alluring façade, the Center combines a blend…
Disruptive forces are at work in prime residential markets around the world, creating local and regional divergence against a backdrop of slowing global economies. From growing wealth generation and the…
Google has purchased a 16-acre parcel of land in northern Sunnyvale from NetApp for $95.6 million, the Mercury News reports, citing county property records. The block, bounded by East Java…
A strong appetite among foreign investors for office buildings, apartments, malls and other real estate has in part fueled the long-running bull market in U.S. commercial property. Now, amid a…
THERE are a number of opportunities in the Mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) real estate sector, but potential investors must ensure they have investigated thoroughly before committing huge resources…
The real estate industry may see some large land deals these days, from the $450 million Witanhurst mansion in London to the $2 billion Antilla building in Mumbai, but these…
Town planners under the aegis of Nigerian Institute of Town Planning (NITP) have called on government at all levels to prioritize physical planning to complement economic development. The charge came…
Photo credit: Ebit News The mortgage industry in Nigeria has got a lot of potentials that close industry watchers say, if harnessed, could lead to the growth of the industry…
The level of waste and under-utilization arising from federal government’s abandoned public assets sitting on prime land in the country have become too glaring to be overlooked by many…
Spurred by the last week separation of the Ministry of Power from Works and Housing by the President, critical stakeholders in the built environment have urged the supervising Minister, Babatunde…
The President, Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Mr Akinola George, has appealed to Lagos residents to report substandard building construction to regulatory agencies. George said such report should be made…
There is a growing trend for more prime and super-prime developments in lifestyle cities As buyers become increasingly more global and far more transient they expect lifestyle support akin to…
Mortgage lenders’ claims for home repossession in England and Wales rose to the highest since late 2014 during the three months to June, according to official data that add…
According to CBRE's newly released 2019 Japan Occupier Survey: Creating the Workplace of the Future - significant changes are in play in Japan's office market in 2019. The…
The importance of housing as a basic need to man, cannot be over emphasized. But to make housing available to people requires an effective mortgage system for funding housing in…
The tallest building that is completely unoccupied is the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. Although it had reached its full height of 330 m (1,082 ft) the building was…
“Real estate as an asset class has matured. Market participants need to realize this and make the appropriate adjustments.” In complicated conditions, organizing principles matter. When a disparate array of…
According to commercial real estate advisor CBRE, global commercial real estate investment volume increased from Q1 2019 across all regions but overall fell by 7.5% year-over-year in Q2 2019, including…