On incremental basis, concerns are mounting over regulatory oversights and safety of investments that could trump the boom which short-let properties are recording across Nigerian cities, notably Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Clear regulation is absent unlike what obtains in developed markets where short-term rentals are taxed, registered, and monitored. In Nigeria, this segment of the rental market largely operates in a grey zone. Emmanuel Chiedu, an estate surveyor and valuer, notes that many operators neither pay hospitality taxes no
On incremental basis, concerns are mounting over regulatory oversights and safety of investments that could trump the boom which short-let properties are recording across Nigerian cities, notably Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Clear regulation is absent unlike what obtains in developed markets where short-term rentals are taxed, registered, and monitored. In Nigeria, this segment of the rental market largely operates in a grey zone. Emmanuel Chiedu, an estate surveyor and valuer, notes that many operators neither pay hospitality taxes no