
State Housing, Absa Bank partner to expand mortgage financing
Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
State Housing Company Limited (SHC) and Absa Bank Ghana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at expanding access to mortgage financing and helping address Ghana's estimated housing deficit of 1.8 million units.
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