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Zimbabwe Building Contractors Association president Tinashe Manzungu told the association's annual conference in Masvingo that the absence of a specialised mortgage lender is the biggest single obstacle to housing delivery, and urged a dedicated institution offering 15- to 25-year credit.
Mac-Yoroki, immediate past president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Nigeria, told the association's annual conference in Abuja that raising delivery to 500,000 units a year requires pension and insurance capital, securitisation and a central property depository.
Nigerian developers are borrowing at between 20 and 46 per cent while new orders in construction have slipped below the expansion threshold, according to NESG sector data that shows strong output running ahead of demand.
Ghana Business News reports that SSNIT's Right to Information responses leave central questions about the Switchback Road project unanswered, including who occupies its 77 apartments and what relocating former civil servants from the site cost.
A Lagos-based investor, Dr Basil Ogbuanu, is seeking N5 billion in damages after buildings he was erecting in Enugu's Independence Layout were demolished, while Senator Jim Nwobodo and his wife deny wrongdoing and say they are ready to refund his money.
NSSF managing director Patrick Ayota told Parliament's COSASE that the fund will conduct a joint survey with businessman Amos Nzeyi and reclaim the entire 55 acres it says it paid for in 2008 but has never fully occupied.
South African REITs returned 2.4 per cent in October and 6.5 per cent year to date, outpacing bonds and equities, but managers say distribution growth must now carry the rally as valuations normalise.
A HassConsult study of eight Nairobi developments marketed off-plan between 2019 and 2023 found average annual investment returns of 18.06%, well above the 7.28% yield recorded across Kenya's completed apartment market.
Land prices in Nairobi's suburbs rose 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2026, less than half the previous quarter's pace, with Muthangari and Gigiri posting declines, according to the HassConsult Land Price Index.