DETERMINANTS OF TENANT’S PREFERENCE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATION WITHIN MINNA URBAN, NIGERIA

Abstract

Many factors have been attributed to household decision making when it comes to choice of residential location. This study set out to determine factors which influence tenants’ choice of residential location within Minna urban. The study revealed that preferences depend on accessibility to building and to other opportunities, neighbourhood characteristic such as physical attractiveness, neighbourhood security, socio-economic and ethnic/religious factors. Level of significance of these factors were tested across the different areas under study, That is, Bosso, Tunga and Flayout representing high, medium and low density areas respectively. Table value for Bosso and tunga, is 0.506 which is greater than the calculated value of 0.137, hence no significant. Table value for Bosso and Flayout is 0.506 which is greater than the calculated value of -0.123, thus the level of significance is negative. While for Tunga and Flayout the calculated value is 0.512 is greater than the table value of 0.506 which shows relationship between factors influencing choice of location in these two areas. The study concludes that, every tenant within the study area has different factors and reasons which inform his/her choice of residential location, tenants only make their choices after each factor has been carefully sorted out.