African Journal of Estate and Property Management

African Journal of Estate and Property Management Vol. 1 (5), pp. 177-181, May, 2014. © International Scholars Journals

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Towards an effective real estate agency education: A stride to efficiency in Nigeria

Iroham Chukwuemeka Osmond^*, Oloyede Samuel Adesiyan, Ajibola Mayowa Olusola and Durodola Olufemi Daniel

Department of Estate Management, School of Environmental Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State Nigeria.

*Corresponding author.E-mail: [email protected]

Accepted 2 May, 2014

Abstract 

Real estate agency has been relegated in academic curriculum of Estate Management Programme in Nigeria. This partly accounts for few research efforts in the field compared to what is obtainable in the UK, US and Asia. This research therefore aims at examining the practice of real estate agency amongst the professionals’ viz-a-viz curriculum of study obtained while they were undergoing trainning. 159 Estate Surveying firms and 91 Property Development Companies in Lagos were studied. Relative Importance Index and Chi-Square test set at the 0.05 level of significance were adopted for the analysis. It was found that multiple agency was the most practiced which was also fraught with inefficiencies. The study therefore advocated a modification of agency practice through review of curriculum and commitment of both agents and principals in order to eradicate the identified inefficiencies. It also called for focus on the neglected real estate agency research among Nigerian researchers.

Key words: Education, Real Estate, Agency, Efficiency, Nigeria.

African Journal of Estate and Property Management Vol. 1 (5), pp. 166-176, May, 2014. © International Scholars Journals

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Building typology in the estimate of demand for drinking water in developing country towns and cities: Application to Yaoundé - Cameroon

Arit Burgus¹, Temeka Benson² and Stephen Aoster²

¹FASA, The University of Dschang, P. O. Box 222, Cameroon.

²Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Design Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, ENSP, The University of Yaoundé I, P. O. Box 8390, Cameroon.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]. 

Accepted 12 April, 2014

Abstract

The lack of mastery of housing problems in developing countries causes difficulties in the forecasting of the demand for potable water, which in turn causes waste and high cost of water. We modeled the forecasting of the demand for potable water in a city, taking into account the housing typology. The latter depends on parameters such as: household income, size of households, price of water, annual rainfall height, the average summer temperatures, the number of households and the number of subscribers to the existing water distribution network. The stratification of a town was done using a definition of the housing typology and using multiple linear regression, the total potable water consumption was estimated to depend on the aforementioned parameters. This was applied to Yaoundé in Cameroon for the years 2020 and 2035, and the results obtained yield forecasts for the demand for potable water of 115 778 781 m³ and 281 815 641 m³ respectively, with a distribution yield of 70%. This leads to the deduction that the demand for potable water, as well as investment requirements as previously assessed were overestimated, thus restricting new extensions in the districts where the drinking water problem of demand for drinking water was solvable.

Key words: Housing typology, forecast, consumption, modeling, multiple linear regressions.

African Journal of Estate and Property Management Vol. 1 (5), pp. 118-125, May, 2014. © International Scholars Journals

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Effect of poverty on housing condition in Nigeria: A case study of Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State

James A. Rotimi

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Sciences University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: +2348023240693

Accepted 2 December, 2013

Abstract

The poor in most developing countries are found among four identifiable economic groups, the rural landless, the small farmers, the urban underemployed and the unemployed. Generally, the poor are dis-proportionately located in rural areas and slums in urban areas. The urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa especially the West Africa region experience difficult time. This research work examined the impact of poverty on housing condition in Mushin Local Government of Lagos State. The objectives of the study are to examine the socio economic characteristic of the residents in the study area; examine the type and quality of facilities in these houses; examine the existing housing condition (physical structure); examine the environmental quality surrounding these houses; and examine the relationship between poverty and housing in the study area. The methodology adopted includes the use of both primary and secondary data. The survey covered the ten wards in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Stratified random sampling technique was used in the administration of questionnaires based on the income of respondents that is, high, middle and low income area. The respondents consist of 187 males and 213 females. The questionnaire addressed issues concerning respondents’ socio-economic characteristic, physical environment and level of infrastructural facilities. Sixty questionnaires were administered in high income area, 100 questionnaires to middle income area, and 240 questionnaires to low income area. A total of 400 questionnaires were administered and the data obtained were analyzed with the use of both descriptive and simple statistical analysis. The findings revealed that poverty result in the poor health of the residents due to exposure to pollution of different forms. It also has adverse impact on the lives of people and housing condition. Among suggestions made were poverty alleviation programmes, provision of an effective loan scheme, partial upgrading, effective urban development policy, and improvement of sanitary conditions and enforcement of housing and building codes. If all these suggestions were adhered to there could be tremendous improvement in the standard of living and housing condition in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

Key words: Poverty, housing, environment.

African Journal of Estate and Property Management Vol. 1 (4), pp. 101-105, April, 2014. © International Scholars Journals

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An evaluation of the interrelationships among housing quality variable sets in Calabar metropolitan area

Jude A. Abott

Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Lagos state, Nigeria. E-mail:  [email protected] or  [email protected]: 01-234-905-74-314.

Accepted 06 March, 2014

Abstract

One of the most serious problems of urban housing provision in Nigeria, and in particular Calabar metropolis, is the issue of poor housing quality. The slum housing conditions in most houses of the low income socio-economic group in this area is dehumanising. This study therefore provides insight into the quality of housing in Calabar. The study used a combination of questionnaires, interview schedules, check- lists and focused group discussions as instruments of collecting data as well as the principal component analysis as a major statistical tool to account for most of the variance in the set of variables used. The study established the social, economic and demographic profile of urban residents in Calabar, as well as the pattern of housing characteristics across the metropolis. The study reviews the policy implications and recommends policy guidelines for future development of qualitative housing in Calabar metropolis.

Key words: Liveability, neighbourhood, urban, environment, housing quality, Calabar.

African Journal of Estate and Property Management Vol. 1 (5), pp. 150-157, May, 2014. © International Scholars Journals

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The effects of location and neighbourhood features on housing values in metropolitan Lagos

A.A Ebih

Department of Urban and Regional Planning,Faculty of Environmental Sciences

University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: +2348037240742.

Accepted 15 November, 2013

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse and determine the relative roles of location and neighbourhood characteristics in the determination of housing values/prices. In order to achieve this, attempts were made to evaluate the role of location and neighbourhood factors in the determination of house prices; study how house prices / values vary by area; show how spatial variation of the housing attributes leads to the determination of income sub-groups in cities; and determine the extent to which these findings help in the understanding of the structure of the housing market in Nigerian cities. This paper therefore examined the spatial variations of location and neighbourhood attributes on house prices in the valuation zones. The hypothesis tested is that house prices vary by neighbourhood and locational attributes in metropolitan Lagos. The analysis of variance and multiple regression models were used in the analysis. It is concluded that neighbourhood and locational attributes show more importance on house values when smaller geographical housing units are examined.

Key words: Locational attributes, neighbourhood characteristics, house values.

African Journal of Estate and Property Management Vol. 1 (4), pp. 093-100, April, 2014. © International Scholars Journals

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Rural-urban accommodation influencing changes in the physical-spaces of metropolitan environment: A case of Hamidia City

Hassan Umad and Arad Yerima*

Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran.

E-mail: [email protected]. Tel: 0098-9133522932

Accepted 25 March, 2014

Abstract

Rural settlements as geographical landscape are considered as emerging through the interaction between human and environment. In recent years, the process is influenced by factors, and the changes in the physical-space texture are influenced by internal and external forces, developing problems and inadequacies of residents’ future living condition in rural settlements. In this regard, cities in geographical areas are excellent centers that have extensive effects on the process of changes in rural space through propagation patterns of habitat and livelihood practices. Amidst these, urban-village housing is formed as a half-way dwelling for optimal use by residents for such positions. Despite the strategies in villages, it require changes in form, physiognomy and is unaffected by the transformation and imitation of urban environment. In this article, the author uses a practical approach and library and field information to analyze the position of urban- village housing as a ring connection between the centers of low rural population and high urban population. In the approach, the resulting changes are caused by time and space process in rural areas, followed by urban lifestyle. The case study selected as an urban village is the City of Hamidia in Yazd.

Key words: Rural, urban villages, rural housing, rural-urban relation, physical-space changes, Hamidia.