electricsheepafrica/africa-synth-realestate-land-listings-nigeria

⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

Nigeria Real Estate – Land Listings

Dataset Description

Land plots for sale with size, price per sqm, title type, zoning.

Category: Property Listings & Sales
Rows: 150,000
Format: CSV, Parquet
License: MIT
Synthetic: Yes (generated using reference data from PropertyPro, Knight Frank, NBS, CBN, FMBN)

Dataset Structure

Schema

• listing_id: string
• city: string
• neighborhood: string
• size_sqm: integer
• price: integer
• price_per_sqm: float
• title_type: string
• zoning: string
• listing_date: string

Sample Data

| listing_id   | city   | neighborhood    |   size_sqm |     price |   price_per_sqm | title_type               | zoning      | listing_date   |
|:-------------|:-------|:----------------|-----------:|----------:|----------------:|:-------------------------|:------------|:---------------|
| LAND-0531702 | Lagos  | Lekki Phase 1   |       1555 | 580197678 |        373117   | deed_of_assignment       | mixed_use   | 2023-01-03     |
| LAND-0530214 | Abuja  | Abuja Outskirts |        364 |  20704558 |         56880.7 | deed_of_assignment       | residential | 2022-03-18     |
| LAND-0939310 | Lagos  | Magodo          |        368 |  45984511 |        124958   | certificate_of_occupancy | commercial  | 2022-10-15     |
| LAND-0386204 | Abuja  | Abuja Outskirts |        749 |  44488296 |         59396.9 | governors_consent        | residential | 2023-02-03     |
| LAND-0812486 | Lagos  | Agege           |        464 |  27459376 |         59179.7 | certificate_of_occupancy | residential | 2022-12-03     |

Data Generation Methodology

This dataset was synthetically generated using:

1. Reference Sources:

   • PropertyPro & Nigeria Property Centre - listing prices, property types, locations
   • Knight Frank & Pam Golding - market reports, prime property indices, investment analysis
   • NBS (National Bureau of Statistics) - real estate GDP contribution, construction statistics
   • CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria) - mortgage lending data, interest rates
   • FMBN (Federal Mortgage Bank) - NHF contributions, mortgage disbursements
   • State land registries - title processing times, transaction volumes

2. Domain Constraints:

   • Location pricing hierarchy (Lagos: Ikoyi > Lekki > Surulere > Ikorodu)
   • Property types (detached, semi-detached, terrace, flat, bungalow)
   • Title types (C of O, Deed of Assignment, Governor's Consent)
   • Mortgage characteristics (3% penetration, 18-25% interest, 60-70% LTV)
   • Rental yields (4-10% by location tier)

3. Quality Assurance:

   • Distribution testing (price per sqm follows lognormal within tiers)
   • Correlation validation (location-price r > 0.7, size-price r > 0.8)
   • Causal consistency (property valuation models, market dynamics)
   • Multi-scale coherence (property → neighborhood → city aggregations)
   • Ethical considerations (representative, unbiased, privacy-preserving)

See QUALITY_ASSURANCE.md in the repository for full methodology.

Use Cases

• Machine Learning: Property price prediction, location scoring, investment ROI forecasting
• Market Analysis: Price trends, supply-demand dynamics, market segmentation
• Investment: Rental yield optimization, portfolio analysis, risk assessment
• Urban Planning: Housing demand forecasting, infrastructure impact analysis
• Research: Real estate market dynamics, affordability studies, diaspora investment patterns

Limitations

• Synthetic data: While grounded in real distributions from PropertyPro/Knight Frank/NBS, individual records are not real transactions
• Simplified dynamics: Some complex interactions (e.g., negotiation, market sentiment) are simplified
• Temporal scope: Covers 2022-2025; may not reflect longer-term trends or future policy changes
• Title issues: Models title problems statistically but doesn't capture full legal complexity

Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite:

@dataset{nigeria_realestate_2025,
  title = {Nigeria Real Estate – Land Listings},
  author = {Electric Sheep Africa},
  year = {2025},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/nigerian_realestate_land_listings}
}

Related Datasets

This dataset is part of the Nigeria Real Estate & Property Markets collection:

• https://huggingface.co/collections/electricsheepafrica/nigeria-real-estate-and-property-markets

Contact

For questions, feedback, or collaboration:

• Organization: Electric Sheep Africa
• Collection: Nigeria Real Estate & Property Markets
• Repository: https://github.com/electricsheepafrica/nigerian-datasets

Changelog

Version 1.0.0 (October 2025)

• Initial release
• 150,000 synthetic records
• Quality-assured using PropertyPro/Knight Frank/NBS/CBN reference data