The Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC) has signed an agreement with the Kaduna State Government (KDSG) and the Federal Housing Authority Mortgage Bank to create a novel Mortgage Blended Initiative (MBI) at single digit with an initial mortgage interest rate investment of N3 billion.
The event which took place at the Kaduna State Government
House on Thursday was part of ongoing drive to create an enabling environment
for affordable housing development and mortgage creation in Nigeria.
In a statement, NMRC said Gov. Nasir el-Rufai, after signing the agreement,
thanked the participating institutions for agreeing to work with KDSG in
establishing the blended rate programme and stated that the state had gone
further to enact the landlord and tenant law that encouraged, empowered and
protected property owners and investors.
In addition to the creation of a mortgage and foreclosure
authority, the governor said the state had passed into law the Mortgage and
Foreclosure Law (MMFL).
A Senior Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Jimi Lawal, said the creation of
the initiative was premised on Kaduna State’s successful strides in driving
institutional and policy reforms to enable investment in housing finance.
The Managing Director of NMRC, Mr. Kehinde Ogundimu, said the state was at the forefront of housing finance transformation and a model in terms of ease of doing business and mortgage friendliness.
The creation of the blended financing initiative represents
NMRC’s value preposition under the World Bank sponsored housing finance
strategy aimed at removing barriers to housing finance and promoting the
creation of an enabling environment for housing development and mortgage
creation across Nigeria. Daily trust
