Tag archives: Property market

Lilongwe homeowners face fines and prison as city-wide property audit begins

By Nyasa Times News Desk

Government valuers have been given their marching orders to descend on properties across Lilongwe City after the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development held a crunch orientation meeting on Sunday, kicking off a mammoth property assessment exercise that could see anyone caught lying to officials hauled before the courts. The Quinquennial Valuation Roll (QVR) […]

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Govt silence fuels property scams as house hunters continue to lose thousands

By NyasaAuthor1

The government’s continued silence and failure to operationalise Malawi’s real estate regulator—18 months after Parliament passed the Real Estate Management Act—has left desperate house hunters exposed to rogue property agents who are exploiting the country’s acute housing shortage through fake listings, cloned advertisements, non-refundable viewing fees and fraudulent deposits. Although the Real Estate Management Act […]

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