Saturday , 29 March 2014
Mr Gimba Kumo, the Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos said that they had refinanced more than N32 billion mortgages for workers to buy houses in Abuja. According to him, the amount was invested to assist workers to buy the non-essential residential Federal... Read more »
If I were to be confronted with this question in a vox pop, my most likely answer will be “not anytime soon”. But after distilling a 2013 State of Digital Media Report a senior colleague shared with me; I found, among other intriguing revelations, four things worth your attention. One, that as at 2011, 62.4bn out of the 200bn currently... Read more »
It was probably not a shock when I found that no Real Estate Brand made the just-released Alder Consulting Social Media Report. Let’s not go to Pluto for the reason. Here’s my summation: real estate people are especially not interested in ventures that can’t translate to hard cash! I’d asked a friend to make suggestions on a post I was initially... Read more »
Join 3Invest, Diamond Bank, ARM Investment managers, Jobberman, HFP, Property Mart, AM Facilities, Dunn Loren Merrifield, IPDC, Rifeng, and Grand Imperial at Property Buyers’ Forum 2014. Since the flag off of the countdown to the maiden edition of the Property Buyers’ Forum in collaboration with Social Media Week 2014 2 weeks ago, tremendous support has poured in from the industry... Read more »
The Nigerian fast food industry is about to get more competitive as indications show that McDonalds and other major fast food chains are interested in making an entry into the fast growing Nigerian fast food market. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Business Day, the Managing Director of Mr. Biggs, Mr. Chris Adedipe, said McDonalds registered in Nigeria one month... Read more »
During the Real Estate Trends 2014 organised by the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN) South West zone deliberated on other issues and events that will shape and impact their investment decisions, development projects and practice in the year. Chairman of South West zone of REDAN, Mr. Adeoye Akintoye, said the forum was organised to provide insight for developers... Read more »
BEING SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE, MR. BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE LAGOS STATE HOME OWNERSHIP MORTGAGE SCHEME ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014 I welcome you all our distinguished guests to this occasion very warmly and with a lot of pride. I am proud because this occasion affords me... Read more »
3INVEST to launch a Mortgage Clinic at PBF in partnership with 2014 Social Media Week LAGOS | January 27, 2014 As the global economic tectonic plate is shifting, Nigeria’s Real Estate Industry braces up to lead the global market; 3INVEST has positioned its brand to help globalize the real estate digital space in Nigeria, resolving perception and transparency issues interdicting... Read more »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) today launched the official website for the state’s proposed Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (H.O.M.S) and its Housing Arbitration Rules. The Governor explained that the scheme is designed as a means to ease home ownership for all Lagos residents. In the Governor’s own words he says “Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme designed to make dream... Read more »
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recently approved $50 million for the preliminary studies and design of the six-lane trans-West African highway project from Lagos to Abidjan. This project when completed will link Ghana, Benin Republic and Togo. The approval of the project was an off shoot of a meeting held with ECOWAS Ministers of Works and... Read more »