A new housing development with 90 homes and a new supermarket store could be coming to Newbury after plans were revealed. The Greenham Trust, Aldi and Feltham Group are working on plans for the development, which would be on land to the east of [READ MORE]
In all my years of experience, dealing with squatters is one of the phenomena that I dread. It can be a very difficult, slow and tortuous experience that can mess up your investment. It can throw your project schedule out of gear and incur unnecessary costs that are painful to pay. Interestingly, this experience is not limited to Ghana, it is a global phenomenon that...[READ MORE]
Between July and September (inclusive), six agents were excluded from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for failing to pay compensatory awards. The excluded agents include: Ivory and Hatton, a sales and lettings agent in Canary Wharf, London. TPO found that two rent payments had been retained instead of being transferred to the landlord. The complaint was...[READ MORE]
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The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has observed that the Upper East Region is increasingly becoming the mining hub of northern Ghana and some parts of Africa including Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. The Minister who made the observation when he met personnel of sector agencies of the ministry during a working visit to the...[READ MORE]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, yesterday inspected work on three housing facilities for public sector workers to update himself on the progress of work. They are the redevelopment of two government bungalows at two separate sites at Airport Residential Area and the housing project at the Police Training School in Accra. [READ MORE]
The estate and property sector is fertile ground for digital transformation strategies. Operating remotely or under a hybrid model is par for the course in this industry, so agencies that adopt a digital approach and an intuitive and accessible user experience are better equipped to support their agents. Onboarding a digital model to replace the pervasive legacy systems...[READ MORE]
Six new sites secured by Redrow Yorkshire will provide more than 1,200 new homes across the region, including 30 per cent affordable. They will also bring a raft of community...[READ MORE]
At the end of December 2020, total assets of the banking sector stood at GH¢149.3 billion, representing a growth of 15.7 per cent compared to 22.8 per cent at end-December 2019.This is against GH¢128.98 billion recorded at end-December 2019 with the slower growth in assets in 2020 reflecting the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector.[READ MORE]
Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC has introduced on the market two new mortgage repayment plans that are targeted at giving homeowners more flexible forms of repayment and saving on interest paid at the end of the loan term.This is the first of its kind in Ghana and provides customers with the ability to save up to 40% of their total interest on the mortgage loan and...[READ MORE]