Sunday, April 15, 2012

Real Estate in Emerging Markets: A Global Perspective and Focus on Nigeria


Real Estate in Emerging Markets: A Global Perspective and Focus on Nigeria

Firstly, its great to be back! I never stopped writing, but my focus shifted in the past few months to other media but now I’m back (I hope!)
I’ll be sharing a few thoughts on Real Estate. The facts (and viewpoints) presented here are excerpts from a formal presentation I made at a strategic forum in preceding weeks.
I should charge a substantial fee for this information, but I’ve chosen to be magnanimous in the hope that you would also share valuable insight with me when you’ve got one.

Why Real Estate?

It’s real (of course it is!)
It is transferable (unlike your job)
It’s in limited supply (even if you reclaim all red and blue oceans)
It underscores all human activity (except you live permanently in the air).

Emerging Markets…are nations with social or business activity in the
process of rapid growth and industrialization. (The nations in blue are broadly classified as emerging markets. Nigeria is one of them!) 
Investing in Nigeria is plain straight blue ocean strategy if you ask me.