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PROPERTY ARTICLES
Stable Building Materials Prices Ignite Construction Activities
Independent, 24th Nov, 2008
It has been observed that construction activities across the country have been at their highest peak in the year and that despite the huge construction works going on, prices of building materials have remained stable in the market....More
Brace up for challenge, builders urged
Punch, 17th Nov, 2008
Professional builders under the aegis of the Nigerian Institute of Building have been reminded of the need to brace up for challenges posed by the frequency of building collapse in the country....More
Developers Strategise For Yuletide Boom
Independent, 17th Nov, 2008
RReal estate developers, who seem to be making the best of the current boom in the sector, are gearing up for a fresh round of good tiding that emerges every year ending....More
Builders induct 146 new members, blame govt for building collapse
Guardian, 17th Nov, 2008
The incessant collapse of buildings across the country with its attendant human and material losses have been blamed on failures at the Federal Government level, following its alleged procrastination in setting up a Building Code Enforcement Committee, more than two years after the code was approved by the Federal Executive Council. ....More
Housing finance, still a major issue in Nigeria
Punch, 13th Oct, 2008
As part of fallout of the banking industry re-capitalisation, the housing sub-sector was expected to experience a boom. Many had hoped to access long-term loans for construction and other related projects. ....More
Refuge Homes repositions operations
Punch, 13th Oct, 2008
To solve the challenge of home ownership through mortgage provision, a primary mortgage institution, Refuge Homes Savings and Loans, has embarked on a total overhaul of its business plan and financial and product repositioning to adequately meet the changing needs of the marketplace and its customers. ....More
Developer unveils Ocean Garden Estate
Guardian, 6th Oct, 2008
PLANS to increase the nation's housing stock in the Lekki corridor received a boost last week, following the formal announcement of completion of construction works at the Ocean Garden Estate. ....More
Housing delivery in Nigeria: The challenges, options for progress
Guardian, 6th Oct, 2008
THE journey to housing self-sufficiency in Nigeria has been bumpy over the years, writes CHUDI UBOSI, a Fellow of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, as he weighs the options facing the troubled sector. ....More
'Why Nigerian agents take undue advantage of home seekers'
Punch, 22nd Sept 2008
Mr. Olusegun Alli is a licensed realtor who was trained in the United States and now the Group Managing Director, XpressProperty Limited, based in the United Kingdom. ....More
'Building collapse is avoidable'
Tribune, 11th Sept 2008
cene of a collapsed buildingA Civil Engineer, Rev. Canon Echi Nwogu, has said that the high incidence of building collapse in the country was one very sad thing that is avoidable. ....More
Lagos' land use change of controversy
Guardian, 8th Sept 2008
On the heels of widespread opposition to the Lagos State governments recently enforced land use change policy, chartered estate surveyor and valuer, CHIEF KOLA AROMOLEDE reviews the basis for the new policy and argues that there could be a more acceptable way to achieve government intentions...More
Policy Implementation, Bane Of Physical Planning?NITP President
National Mirror, 8th Sept 2008
Waheed Kadiri is the President of Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP). In this interview with RAJI ADEBAYO, he speaks on the importance of proper physical planning to economic development of the nation, how to solve physical planning problems and other related issues....More
Mortgage system in Nigeria is a huge joke -Okupe
Vanguard Nigeria, 7th April 2008
Mr. Lanre Okupe is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone Construction Company Limited, a leading private real estate development company in the country. Although he does not have background in any of the built environment professions, Mr Okupe has carved a niche for himself in the building industry....More
HOUSING FOR ALL: The Mirage contnues
Vanguard Nigeria, 7th April 2008
Events in the last couple of years may be a pointer to the fact that Lagos Island is increasingly becoming notorious for building collapse, a phenomenon that has gripped the nation in recent time. The development has undoubtedly become a cause for concern for government and stakeholders...More
Environment ministers target 2009 climate treaty
Guardian Newspaper, 1 Nov 2007
The meeting strongly agreed on industrialised countries to take the lead by reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases given their historic responsibility for the problem. Australia and United States played a constructive role in the informal talks and both accepted negotiations needed to be completed in 2009, according a Reuters News Service report...More
Experts laud public-private partnership on infrastructural development
Nigerian Tribune, 1 Nov 2007
As the drive towards private sector participation in the financing, construction, management and operation of infrastructure services and facilities gathers momentum, construction cost experts, under the auspices of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) have described the initiative as the ultimate solution to the sorry state of infrastructure development in Nigeria...More
Innovative Technologies, Materials Halve Construction Cost
Daily Independent, 20 April 2007
Clouds of hope appear to be gathering for hapless low-income earners in the country, following signs that the much-sought-after affordable home may, after all, just be around the corner.....More
HABITAT Council, stakeholders adopt 10-point roadmap to tackle city challenges
Guardian Newspaper, 23 April 2007
IN a year destined to witness critical milestones concerning the way people live, diverse stakeholders in the human settlements community rose last Friday from week-long deliberations, brandishing a 10-point roadmap to guide the transformation of humanity into the urban-dwelling species already tagged.....More
How The Estate Emerged, By Michael Simire
Daily Independent, 20 April 2007
Nine months after a four-storey building collapsed in Ibadan Street, Ebute Meta, Lagos, killing over 20 people, the state government has commenced moves to rehabilitate the survivors as well as people left behind by the deceased....More
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