Nigeria Property Centre
Market Trends · August 2026

Property demand trends in Nigeria.

See where Nigerians are searching for homes — by state, locality and property type.

Location
Category
Type
Bedrooms
August 2026 snapshot

Search activity across Nigeria

Searches
8M
+52%
States
37
tracked
Localities
874
1 new
Top growth
Lagos
+39%
01
67.7%
02
16.6%
03
5.8%
04
Oyo
5.3%
05
4.5%

Top Localities

View all localities
01
45.0%
02
18.9%
03
15.7%
10.8%
9.6%
01
41.8%
02
35.3%
03
14.1%
8.8%

Property Types

View all types
01
54.0%
27.5%
04
5.7%
What the data says

Three things shaping demand this month

Lekki leads demand

Lekki accounts for 45.0% of the localities searches we tracked in August — more than anywhere else.

How demand splits by category

For Rent (41.8%) and For Sale (35.3%) lead the category mix this August.

Lagos is the breakout

Searches for Lagos are up 39% month on month — the fastest-growing state in our data.

About this report

How we measure demand.

This report is built from every property search run on Nigeria Property Centre during the month. We aggregate the queries by state, locality, category and type — and rank them by share of total searches.