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    GREDA calls for price reduction on building materials amid cedi appreciation

    ZamZam UpdateBy ZamZam UpdateMay 31, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Dr. Orleans-Lindsay

    The Ghana Actual Property Builders Affiliation (GREDA) is urging suppliers and producers of constructing supplies to scale back costs according to the current appreciation of the Ghana cedi.

    In accordance with its President, Dr. James Orleans-Lindsay, the strengthening of the native foreign money ought to translate into decrease prices for development inputs reminiscent of cement, iron rods, and different important supplies.

     He argues that the continued excessive costs of this stuff, regardless of favorable foreign money motion, place an undue monetary burden on Ghanaians significantly potential householders and builders.

    Talking to Pleasure Enterprise on the sidelines of a stakeholder briefing session with the Ghana Income Authority (GRA), Dr. Orleans-Lindsay pressured the significance of market responsiveness to foreign money fluctuations.

    “We’re saying we are going to proceed to cost within the cedi equal, however costs of our part ought to be lowered. The developer is shedding as a result of we’re nonetheless shopping for cement on the identical excessive costs,” he bemoaned.

    The actual property sector, which performs a vital position in addressing Ghana’s housing deficit, has confronted important challenges lately because of the rising value of constructing supplies.

    Builders argue that value hikes, usually pushed by foreign money depreciation and import prices, have made it troublesome to finish reasonably priced housing tasks.

    With the cedi displaying indicators of strengthening in opposition to main worldwide currencies, GREDA is looking for instant motion to replicate this constructive improvement within the pricing of native and imported development inputs.

    “We aren’t asking for favors, we’re merely asking for equity. Let the energy of the cedi convey some reduction to the bizarre Ghanaian attempting to construct or purchase a house,” Dr. Orleans-Lindsay added.

    The decision from GREDA comes at a time when each authorities and personal stakeholders are working to make housing extra accessible and reasonably priced in Ghana.

    The affiliation believes that realigning the costs of development supplies could possibly be a big step in the suitable course.

    The stakeholder briefing session with the Ghana Income Authority (GRA) on the federal government’s new 5% tax coverage concentrating on landlords was aimed to make clear the implementation technique, compliance expectations, and its affect on the true property and rental sectors.

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