Ghana’s government has announced a loan scheme to help tenants pay the hefty advance rent (often covering two years) to private landlords. Advance rent is also prevalent in several other African ...

This table shows gross average rental yields for 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom residential properties in capital cities across more than 80 countries. Yields are calculated using median property prices and ...

This price-to-rent ratio helps assess whether it is more cost-effective to buy or rent a home in a given market. A high price-to-rent ratio suggests that buying a property is more expensive relative ...

The Ghana government on Tuesday, launched the National Rental Assistance Scheme (NRAS) to provide rent loans to both formal and informal sector workers with verifiable and regular income. The first ...

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