How to secure home and estate loans in Africa

Securing home loans for the purpose of investing in Africa taking Nigeria as an example, real estate is pretty easy if you have good standing with your bank.

In Nigeria, banks offer customers loans with repayment amount not exceeding one-third of the income of the customer. What that means is this.

·         When you have an account with a Nigerian bank and you have run that account continuously for six months, the bank is willing to give you a loan. The loan is given faster if your source of income is consistent.

For example, if you work for a large firm or company with reputation in the community, you could get a sizeable loan for real estate investing in about a week. So, when you find a property you desire, you can actually close the deal within two weeks.

So, the key is proof of income.

Second, the requirement that the bank cannot give customers home loans with repayment amount exceeding one-third of what they earn is actually a protection.

How?

Well, when you desperately need money, you tend to ask for more than you can chew . . . loans with repayment amount that may take over 50 percent of your income. If the banks allow that to happen, they actually help you jeopardize your ability to meet your family obligations. And you could get into serious financial crisis with the loan becoming a huge burden that won't go away.

In the next post, i will be showing you the tips to managing the home loans, so watch out!!!

HOME LOANS IN AFRICA

Home loans in Nigeria - More and more people in Nigeria and Africa as a whole are beginning to discover the value of a home loan. They have began to realize that it takes an awful lot of time to save enough money to build their own home or to buy an already built home.

The alternative open to them is to take a construction loan or a mortgage loan.

Well, this option has always been open to people all over Africa but most have declined to accept bank loans because of fear of the interest rates associated with bank loans and the risk of bank foreclosure in the event that they are unable to meet the loan repayment obligations.

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR?

There are risks associated with home loans as mentioned above. But then, there are risks associated with virtually everything humans do. Even the simple task of moving from your office to your home has risks. There could be an auto crash. Police miss target etc But does this risk prevent you from going to work via your personal car or through public transportation? Of course, not.

Why?

Consequently, with a real estate loan, you are able to start enjoying the property now instead of five years from now. That means you stop worrying about paying rent to some other landlord because you are now a landlord yourself.

It's pretty simple. If you don't go to work you won't earn a salary at the end of the month. And if you don't earn a salary, you won't have money to care for your needs.

The same goes with home loans. There are obvious risks like bank foreclosure if you don't meet your obligations. But then there are also benefits.
A property loan helps you buy now what you don't have money to buy. It covers the cost of owning a home . . . NOW.
Besides, you may not lose your job and hence, the banks may not take over your home through a foreclosure.