Startup Spotlight: ExpertListing Raises the Bar for Transparency in Nigeria’s Real Estate Market

A new proptech platform, ExpertListing, is transforming Nigeria’s property landscape by tackling long-standing issues of fraud, opaque pricing, and unreliable listings. Focused initially on Lagos, the company combines verified property data with real-time mapping and historical pricing to offer a more trustworthy experience for renters and buyers.

Since its soft launch, ExpertListing has built a detailed database of property prices across Lagos neighborhoods. To ensure the listings are legitimate, the platform carries out physical inspections and rigorous document checks. Once a property is rented or sold, it is promptly removed from the platform, helping maintain reliable and up-to-date information.

The Lagos real estate market has long been hit by fake adverts, vague pricing, and misleading offers. Many prospective tenants or buyers have wasted time visiting properties that either don’t exist or have already been taken — sometimes even in areas prone to flooding. ExpertListing addresses these challenges by offering live map views of property locations (including flood-prone zones) and by providing pricing data from the past two years, reflecting actual market trends rather than inflated asking prices.

A significant differentiator for the platform is that it encourages direct communication between users and property owners or principal agents. By doing so, it removes middlemen and reduces costly intermediary fees. Additionally, ExpertListing offers snagging services: property inspectors identify potential structural, plumbing, or electrical issues before a deal is closed, helping protect users from nasty surprises later.

“A fair deal starts with knowing the real cost of properties,” said Adeyinka Ramos, Founder of ExpertListing. He explained that the company spent two years collecting and verifying data to bring transparency to a market that often lacks reliable pricing. With this platform, renters and buyers can assess whether they are being charged fairly, while honest landlords and agents can showcase verified listings.

ExpertListing is now inviting developers, landlords, and principal agents to list properties on its platform. By doing so, the company hopes to scale its impact and offer even more accurate, real-time data to people navigating the Nigerian housing market.

About ExpertListing

ExpertListing is a property verification and data intelligence platform operating in Lagos. By combining physical inspections, location data, and two years of price history, the startup delivers clarity and trust to a notoriously opaque real estate market.