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The Aesthetics of Wall Coverings…

Looking to breathe new life into your walls? While few people would debate the aesthetic excellence of wall coverings over paint, we might be surprised to note that Wall Coverings have returned from the retro times.

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Melody Iyeke Dec 6, 2011 · 4 min read

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NewsDec 6, 2011

Abia State Unveils Plans to Build 8,500 Housing Units

Worried by the dearth of affordable housing in Abia State, the Government last week, said it has embarked on the construction of over 8500 housing units. When completed, the houses would help to ameliorate the housing problems facing civil servants in the state.

K Kanayo 2 min read

NewsNov 29, 2011

Fashola Commissions Fashinro Estate - Apapa to Witness Facelift Next Year

The traffic bottleneck that has almost crippled economic activities in the Apapa area of Lagos, did not deter affluent Nigerians from investing in the latest housing estate developed by the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, LSDPC. But for those who braved the odds to buy into the scheme, the bad days are now few, if the words of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola are to be believed.

K Kanayo 4 min read

NewsNov 21, 2011

Haven Homes Plans Lekki Property Exhibition

One of the Nigeria’s emerging property developers and lifestyle home designers, Messrs Haven Homes, a subsidiary of Haven +Global Resources Limited, plans to showcase its property designs at its new office in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos next month.

K Kanayo 2 min read

NewsNov 21, 2011

CBN Releases New Guidelines for Mortgage Finance in Nigeria

Amid stunning revelations that the housing finance sector contributes less than one per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the apex financial institution has announced new sweeping changes in the mortgage sector in a new guidelines approved by the Federal authorities.

K Kanayo 5 min read

NewsNov 14, 2011

SquareFoot Hybrid Limited Plans Online Property Publication

A Lagos-based firm, SquareFoothybrid Limited, has announced plans to launch a virtual real estate magazine, which aims at using the multi media approach to create an avenue to access the quality of work in the real estate industry.

K Kanayo 2 min read

NewsNov 14, 2011

Strategic Shelter Development Company Showcases Agbara’s Queens Land Estate

Efforts for a Lagos-based real estate investment and development firm, Strategic Shelter Development Company (SSDC), to deliver a-280 units of homes for Nigerians within the vicinity of sprawling industrial settlement, Agbara, in Ogun State have reached advanced stage.

K Kanayo 2 min read

NewsNov 7, 2011

Messrs Afribank Estate Woos Investors to Abuja Fair Trade Complex

Frontline property developer, Messrs Afribank Estate Company Limited, subsidiary of Main Street Bank Limited has once again offered the remaining units in its flagship project, Fair Trade Business Complex in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory to prospective investors, just as the promoters label the complex as a one stop destination for Yuletide and other festivities.

K Kanayo 3 min read