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Prices of houses soar over 50% within a period of 20months

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  • anokwale 8 years ago

    I find this a bit strange. No electricity and water problems and people are buying?? To be honest, property in Ghana is not a good investment.

  • The Truth 8 years ago

    Vote Mahama into power again and the cedi will continue to depreciate.

    No sound economy is run with 22% yield on treasury bills and 25% interest rates.

    The yield on a 10 year t-bills in the USA is about 2.191%

  • Dogg 8 years ago

    Are salaries rising too? I don't get this stupidity.

  • sami 8 years ago

    INVESTING IN HOMES IN GHANA IS SAFER THEN HAVING YOUR MONEY WITH THE BANKS THAT RIPP YOU OFF WITH HIDDEN TRANSACTION FEES. PEOPLE ALWAS NEED APLACE TO RENT SO THEY CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT,HOW MUCH AND HOW LONG CAN YOU HAVE ...
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  • anokwale 8 years ago

    1. Maintenance costs
    2. No resale market
    3. No bank is going to give you a home equity loan

    It does not look good.

  • sami 8 years ago

    SPLIT THE HOME TO MULTI FAMILY HOME IF THE HOME IS SINGLE HOME TURN IT INTO 2 FAMILY HOME CREATE SEPARTE ENTRENCE AND RENT HALF THE HOME FOR INCOME GENERATING USE YOUR HEAD BROTHER THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX NEVER ,NEVER GIVE ...
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  • kb 8 years ago

    Masa. .......if u build a house at dodowa close to somenya......who would rent that.....just get a land at one of this new sites for a cool retirement

  • mensa 8 years ago

    HISTORY SHOW AND PROVE THAT EVERY CITY IN THE WORLD TRADISIONALLY GROW AND EXPAND TO THE SUBURBS TODAY DODOWA
    IS NOT "CITY" BUT WITH PEOPLE GROWTH IN FEW YEARS FROM NOW IT MIGHT BE PART OF THE CITY SO BUY SHEAP NOW AND ...
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  • edi 8 years ago

    Ghana people wake up, stop investing in cars and things that go down in value [ that is why you all poor] ,it is time to invest in land and real estate and remember you don't need huge home a small 2 bedroom home is suffic ...
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  • JJ 8 years ago

    No wonder the Cedi is worth shit. Why do you sell houses & land & cars and anything of value in USD?

  • Shaq 8 years ago

    i can speak for the cars and port, and the stupid thing is they use the value of USD to calculate port duties so you also have no choice but to sell in USD value. I even think it's the same practices for importing to Ghana, ...
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  • edy 8 years ago

    why are they not paying tax on those property,Ghana is a safe heaven for property investors and they later turn to blame government

  • sami 8 years ago

    THAT IS IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE DOING FALKS? IF YOU BUILD 3 FAMILY HOME[ MEANING A HOME WITH 3 SMALL FLATS ON IT ,YOU CAN LIVE IN ONE FLAT AND RENT THE OTHER 2 FLATS FOR INCOME WHICH WILL GIVE YOU MONEY TO MA ...
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