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Taking into consideration the dynamism of the real estate sector in the world and the importance of promptness in attending to customers need, leader in the real estate sector in Nigeria, GText Homes has introduced new features to its service.
Unveiling its post COVID-19 plans in Lagos, CEO of Gtext, Stephen Akintayo said the real estate industry could solve unemployment in Nigeria and also boost the countries economy.
In his words “Why we see many people coming, from agriculture, you need real estate, even pharmaceutical, almost everything needs land to stand on it. Also when you look at COVID-19, a lot of people feel it would probably reduced the sector, no, it just changed the sector. There would be more residential accommodation than commercial going forward, and thank God that’s the space we play, we play more in the residential accommodation. We are also working on a cooperative, that we will launch very soon, which is a tech cooperative to start building tech hubs, just as you have a silicon valley where everything is there. It’s a place you live in, work in and everything you need is just there.
On if the company is also creating space for agriculture, he said, “we have GText farm which is agriculture real estate and we also have our own farm. We’ve been in the farming sector through our partner, particularly in the export industry but we are going big in it.
Speaking on the Lagos State government move to have all the real estate firms in the state to register their estate, he said, “the process is new and it’s ongoing and definitely we are a law-abiding company so we are working on all those new policies being put in place. And I think it’s good because the industry needs to be sanitized so much, everybody is a real estate developer and hopefully, if it’s done well, it will help remove the wheat from the shaft.
How the company pick its brand ambassadors, “Credibility: number one, we have to be sure they are credible; number two, you have to be in the business for long enough. We want veterans, we want people whose name speaks volume and we also want people who are decent. Anybody thinking of getting apartment, there is a level of decorum in your personality that they are looking out for in terms of you being responsible.
On the post COVID-19 plans, “From 24/7 CRM; now you can call our company any day, anytime, 2a.m, 3am there are people to attend to you and to 100% virtual purchase in real estate, now you can buy property from our company online. From inspection to allocation, everything is done virtual. We send documents to people via courier service. We have created a situation that it’s the customer and us; they don’t need to come to Nigeria before they can actually own a property.
If anyone doesn’t want to go virtual, the option of meeting one on one is still available. Customers can inspection virtually.
We are beginning to see a trend where people don’t want a third party and that’s why we launched it and that’s just what makes us quite unique.
“We also announce our 100 thousand job creation portal, where we are giving out 15% of our income on every property to realtors and with the new process automated, we are hoping that we can create at least 100 thousand jobs using this model in the next 12 months.
We just moved to Abuja, we are now in Ibadan, we are launching Ogun state generally very soon. So we expect expanding to other states.
