THE real estate sector has taken on the harshest side of the stick for decades. Though very important, it is often the forgotten sector that takes a dismal share after all other sectors have taken their fat portions. It is a paradox of some sorts because real estate which connotes houses, roads and other infrastructural facilities that make modern living worthwhile, ought to be given the priority it rightly deserves because housing follows quickly on the heels of food as the greatest needs of man.

Lagos-based real estate and investment company, Messrs Propertygate Development and Investment Plc, has commenced the construction of three housing projects simultaneously in three clusters within a private gated estate along the Lekki Peninsula corridor in Lagos. The projects are part of the company’s efforts to bridge the increasing housing shortfall in the country as well as expand housing market for enhanced contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product.

The housing sector in Lagos State was boosted last week with the injection of 324 units into the market. This followed the formal commissioning of r for affordable housing as the solution for acute housing shortfall in Lagos may have started yielding positive results with the commissioning of Cooperative Home Ownership Incentive Scheme, CHOIS Garden Estate in Abijo in the Ibeju-Lekki Local Council Development Area, LCDA.

The best attributes of nature are coming together in Canalily Place, an exclusive apartment development being berthed on the fascinating stable of Canalily Place Limited with design conceived by sister outfit, Design Union , winner of the International Property Award for Africa Region in 2011. The estate is located on a water-bathed track of land measuring 4,000 square metres within a walking distance of the Atlantic Ocean in Alma Beach adjacent to Lekki Phase I.

The Federal government has laid the basic building blocks to ensure that the housing and urban development sector become the prime driver of sustainable national development from now till year 2043 and beyond. The building blocks consist of national policies, strategies and plans which have either been put in place or are being finalized for implementation at the three tiers of Government.

Dubai: Did you know that if you buy a one-bedroom apartment in Dubai today, you would spend nearly Dh400,000 less than you would about six or seven years ago? Analysts said that if you’re planning to buy an apartment or villa, Dubai’s relatively low property prices, coupled with a slight decline in home loan rates, make 2015 one of the best times in years to invest in real estate.

The Pinnacle, a residential estate located at Plot 343, Potoka Close, off Madeira Street, in the highbrow Maitama District area in the nation’s Federal capital, Abuja is endowed with a picturesque landscape dotted with ample trees and with lush vegetation. It is on the exclusive stable of UACN Property Development Company, UPDC Plc known for exceptional houses that have redefined lifestyle over the ages

The House of Representatives Committee on Environment has called for stakeholders’ collaboration to ensure the full implementation of the Great Green Wall Program, GGWP because it has the potential of of increasing the country’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP. The Chairman of the Committee, Mrs Uche Ekwunife also called for synergy between stakeholders to ensure the full and successful implementation of the programme in view of its enormous benefits not only to Nigeria but also to the entire West African sub-region.

“I told them then that if you are willing to cooperate with government and pay your taxes, we will not give you a jetty but will build a road with a bridge. It is your right and not a matter of pleading. I told them I would construct a first class bridge that will connect the communities within the area. I am happy that it has become a testimony today,” he said. The State commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Obafemi Hamzat, an engineer, said the road will offer opportunity for a strategic link from Ikorodu Road around Mile 12 that will connect with Lagos Ibadan express way. .

The Pinnacle, a residential estate located at Plot 343, Potoka Close, off Madeira Street, in the highbrow Maitama District area in the nation’s Federal capital, Abuja is endowed with a picturesque landscape dotted with ample trees and with lush vegetation. It is on the exclusive stable of UACN Property Development Company, UPDC Plc known for exceptional houses that have redefined lifestyle over the ages.