02 May 2017 08:00/Barclays On average, it takes over five months before First Time Buyers feel like they’ve done enough to make their new house their home, with twenty-four per cent saying it took over half a year Family pictures top the list for making a property feel homely over […]
Mortgages
FG Scraps 10% Equity Contribution on Housing Mortgage Within N5m Range
6/3/2017/Thisday By Chineme Okafor in Abuja The federal government has said henceforth, housing mortgages below N5 million will no longer attract the usual initial payment of 10 per cent equity from approved off-takers. It said it chose to scrap the 10 per cent initial deposit on such cadre of housing […]
Fitch: Global Home Prices to Rise in 2017, Despite Government Measures
(This statement was made by Fitch Ratings on February 16, 2017) Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Fitch Ratings-London/New York/Sydney-16 February 2017: Fitch Ratings says in its latest Global Housing and Mortgage report that while the rate of home price increases is likely to slow in 2017, continuing government macro-prudential efforts to dampen unsustainably rapid […]
