Real Estate

With political parties gradually unfolding their manifestos, industry experts have raised the need to scrutinise pledges on housing.

The Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) has converted a parcel of land used as a hideout for social miscreants to a housing scheme.

Stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to establish a Bureau of Real Estate Developers, which would provide data that could be used to determine the technical competency and experience of professionals in the industry.

The estate christened Richygold Estate, comprises 96 units, of which 90 per cent has already been snapped up was conceived in 2012 and by 2014 the investors kick started the project.

The Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM), Nigeria region, has called for innovative ways to respond to the disruptions in the workplace caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Lagos-based real estate developer, Messrs Convvy Estates has urged Nigerians in the diaspora to take advantage of various real estate investments in the country.

Following persisting unfavourable policies and liquidity crisis affecting the economy, the heat on the nation’s real estate is intensifying, especially on the residential market.

A past president of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Dr. Bosun Ayinde, has called for the review of the agenda of the body to ensure benefit to the profession and practitioners.

A comprehensive new plan was unveiled last week to reverse the decline in the nation’s housing stock and meet yearning for an eco friendly city in the country.

In line with the evolving roles of its profession, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has open up new frontiers and develop capacities of its members.

A private developer, Messrs Pentagon Real Estate Investment Limited, has allocated exquisite designed houses to members of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) staff cooperative in Mowe, Ogun State.

To monitor activities in the forests and flood in the country, surveyors under the aegis of Association of Private Practicing Surveyors of Nigeria (APPSN), have asked the Federal Government to liberalise the use of drones for their members. National chairman of APPSN, Dabiri Thomas, made the call during the 2022 yearly workshop and Luncheon of…