{"id":3903,"date":"2017-01-05T15:35:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2017-01-05T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T14:39:47","slug":"nigeria-on-verge-of-housing-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/nigeria-on-verge-of-housing-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria On Verge Of Housing Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2017 seems to bring hope for Nigerians especially those in the real estate industry as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola has disclosed that <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/the-federal-government-civil-servant-mortgage-scheme-in-nigeria\/\">Nigeria is on the verge of attaining<\/a> its planned housing revolution with the federal government\u2019s commitment and stakeholders support in the sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/top-5-reasons-to-invest-in-real-estate-instead-of-stocks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-858 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin.jpg\" alt=\"tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin\" width=\"720\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin.jpg 720w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-675x84.jpg 675w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-325x41.jpg 325w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">He stated this in Abuja at the just-concluded African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF) conference in collaboration with Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC) with the theme, \u201cHousing and Africa\u2019s Growth Agenda\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/5-best-residential-estates-in-abuja\/\">5 Best Residential Estates in Abuja<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">He noted that stakeholders especially the Private sector and AUHF have a major role to play in creating innovative housing finance in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u201cWith a\u00a0greater participation of the private sector in housing and embracing the new initiatives of this administration, the journey to sustainable housing delivery is on the\u00a0course,\u201d Fashola said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The Minister affirmed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration recognised the housing sector as an important area requiring priority attention for reinvigoration and revitalization, which was noticed at the current budgetary allocation for the sector in the annual estimate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">CHECK OUT: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/property-for-rent\">PROPERTIES FOR RENT IN LAGOS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">The minister emphasised that Nigerians sees home ownership as a mark of economic success and security adding that the provision of housing is a major tool to reduce corruption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u201cHousing is also believed to be a <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/5-most-affordable-places-to-live-in-abuja\/\">long-term investment<\/a> that protects that investment against high inflation and unpredictable economic downturn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/top-4-most-affordable-areas-to-live-in-lagos-mainland\/\">Top 4 Most Affordable Places to Live in the Lagos Mainland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Fashola blamed the lack of Housing Finance in the public and corporate institutions, double-digit housing loans, difficulties in accessing lands, population explosion, the high cost of building materials, inflation that brings about unemployment and decreased purchasing power of the low and medium income earners as the major challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Now that the nation&#8217;s housing sector is fast developing, be part of the new reforms by buying or renting a property in Nigeria. Visit <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/the-federal-government-civil-servant-mortgage-scheme-in-nigeria\/\">www.tolet.com.ng<\/a> to buy, rent or sell a property in Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Source: Leadership Newspaper<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/top-5-reasons-to-invest-in-real-estate-instead-of-stocks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-858 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tolet.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin.jpg\" alt=\"tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin\" width=\"720\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin.jpg 720w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-675x84.jpg 675w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-325x41.jpg 325w, https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/tolet-need-to-find-na-small-tin-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2017 seems to bring hope for Nigerians especially those in the real estate industry as the Minister of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,37],"tags":[223,252,129,238,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-3903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"tag-accommodation-in-lagos","10":"tag-accommodation-in-nigeria","11":"tag-affordable-housing","12":"tag-real-estate-in-nigeria","13":"tag-tolet-com-ng","14":"cs-entry","15":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3920,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions\/3920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertypro.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}