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Why Do Millions Work Hard and Still Can’t Buy a Home?

Hard work is supposed to lead to ownership. For millions of Nigerians it doesn’t. The structural reasons behind the homeownership gap, explained.

Why Do Millions Work Hard and Still Can’t Buy a Home?

It's one of the quiet frustrations of modern Nigerian life: people work hard, earn steadily, spend carefully — and still can't buy a home. The effort is real. The result keeps slipping away.

It isn't about effort

The gap is structural, not personal:

  • Property prices rise faster than salaries.
  • Mortgages reach under 1% of GDP.
  • Deposits demand sums that take a decade to save.
  • Inflation erodes savings while you wait.
When hard work alone can't close the gap, the system — not the worker — is the problem.

Closing the gap differently

RaffleProp doesn't ask people to simply work harder or wait longer. It offers a regulated, low-entry route that doesn't depend on a mortgage or a decade of saving — designed for exactly the people the current system leaves behind.

A different way to reach property ownership

RaffleProp runs FCCPC-regulated promotional competitions for real property in Nigeria. Entry starts from ₦2,500, every property is independently valued by an NIESV firm, all funds sit in escrow at a named Nigerian bank, and the winner is selected in a live-streamed, independently witnessed draw.

And your entry value is always protected: if a campaign does not reach its minimum, your full participation value converts to Home Credit you can use on any future campaign. Browse live campaigns, see how it works, or join the waitlist to be first when the next property goes live.

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