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Legal And Regulatory Framework For The Mortgage Industry In Nigeria, Kehinde Ogundimu
Legal And Regulatory Framework For The Mortgage Industry In Nigeria, Kehinde Ogundimu
Economic and Financial Review
This article examines the legal and regulatory framework for the mortgage industry in Nigeria. The article examines the concept of housing as a global need and provides an overview of the Nigerian Housing Market with a population of 183 million people and increasing rapidly, a huge housing deficit of around 17 million units. This is further compounded by a rapid rising need for housing by about 20 per cent a year in cities like Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, and Abuja. At least 700,000 housing units across different segments are needed annually to keep up with demand, whereas, production was around 100,000 …