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A registered estate surveyor and valuer writes that Nigeria's housing deficit, weak mortgage system and costly land administration make affordable housing the country's biggest unfinished economic reform.
A review of advertised rents shows Cantonments houses averaging about GH¢71,000 a month and Airport Residential apartments about GH¢40,136, underlining the gulf between Accra's prime and affordable housing markets.
A Kenyan court has underlined the steps landowners can take to protect property, including lodging a caution or restriction, after a family found a deceased relative's land had been registered in another person's name.
Seeff Property Group chairman Samuel Seeff says the 4 November 2026 local government elections will influence property values, investor confidence and demand, arguing municipal service delivery is a direct driver of real estate performance.
The Kano Economic City project at Dangwauro, along the Kano-Zaria Highway, is being developed on 117 hectares with plans for 80,000 square metres of warehousing and 12,000 shops and stalls, with several blocks already completed and occupied.
Hundreds of buildings have been demolished in Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech and Fez as Morocco pushes redevelopment ahead of the 2030 World Cup, leaving displaced residents fighting for adequate compensation.
Experts say reclaiming land can create new space for Lagos to build on, but without proper engineering, infrastructure and planning it will not make housing cheaper or better serviced.
Town planners say Nigeria's rush to build housing estates on the edges of major cities is converting farmland and family land faster than planning controls can keep up, threatening food production.
Housing experts have called on Lagos to convert abandoned and underutilised public buildings into affordable homes, arguing that government should maximise existing assets before committing scarce resources to new estates.