Cebu, being a second top Philippines province with the most number of building projects in the first quarter of 2019, instilled P8.22 billion into the thriving construction sector. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that Cebu approved a total of 2,025 constructions last quarter, reckoning for 5.4 percent of the total projects contributing to real estate Philippines . Totaling to P3.08 billion, the main approved projects in Cebu were residential properties. The non-residential constructions amounted to P4.49 billion. The second top region with most constructions to 4,880 was ba ..read more

Recognizing robust synergy in the realm of championing commendable performance in the property sector, ASR Realty and Brokerage Company held its Year End Awards Night for 2019 honoring top sellers and valuable partners at Bayfront Hotel Cebu, 19th of February, 2020.  Under the leadership of Aerlowe Suarez Relatorres, the founder and CEO of ASR, the brokerage company is paving its way in delivering more quality client services upholding the essentials of professional realty assistance. ASR having seven brokers and 100 agents, honors their very own company’s six working culture: Growth; the ..read more

The real estate Philippines industry is observing the possible impacts on property sales of entry ban on Chinese tourists in the country. Chinese buyers boosted the property sector in recent years. Philippine authorities have suspended flights from Wuhan, China, where the 2019 novel coronavirus originated. The mandated prohibition of Chinese tourists was triggered amid the escalating alarm on the spread of nCoV. The Chinese are considered as one of the strongest buyers of properties in the Philippines and also the country’s second largest source of foreign arrivals. Condominium units ..read more

Lethal and beneficial are just in every two sides of a coin for those people who live close to volcanoes. These cones of lava and ash have a wide range of effects on humans. Surprisingly, people rely on volcanoes for their survival every day. Ironic yet true. The soil is fertile, and a lot of volcanic products can be used in an individual’s day by day hustle. For example, sulfur is used as an ingredient in matches and medicine; fine volcanic deposits such as gravel and sand found in rivers are suitable for building materials; thermal energy can be used to generate electric power. But with the ..read more

Somewhere in the world right now, a realtor is straining for a perfect shot for property listing. Pictures and other visual presentations are undeniably on the game when it comes to getting property buyers to be on love at first sight. For some, heavy camera gears are the only thing that can produce the magic out of the box, but smart and practical ones think otherwise. Out of the cave, in with the now-era, smartphones make people’s lives not worth any stress and a significant effort reduction, especially for work and businesses. However, this is not to imply that pictures taken from DSLRs are ..read more

Filipino Homes and Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC) will work together in reinforcing the campaign against foreign “colorum” practitioners. Anthony Gerard Leuterio, founder of Filipino Homes said in an interview  that besides the influx of foreign real estate buyers is the rise of non-Filipino immigrants selling local properties to their fellow citizens in the country. According to Leuterio, this kind of practice has to stop since foreigners are not allowed to perform the craft here in the Philippines. He also added that doing such will protect the real estate industry and the thousan ..read more

Selling homes or any properties can be generally stressful. From updating one’s listings to hunting for prospect buyers, things will never be zero-sweat easy. Sometimes sellers tend to aid and flaunt steps that might be a turn off to buyers. Desperately making a move for a property to sell will possibly lead to more complicated results. The buyers, on the other hand, have specific requirements and conditions in looking for a place, not just a shelter from rain and heat but a place that can be a home. While they seemed happy with the presented amenities, future homeowners also observe during t ..read more

State-run Pag-IBIG Fund’s top executive announced that around P5B Calamity Loan funds are prepared for members affected by the consecutive earthquakes that struck Mindanao last October 2019.  Secretary Eduardo del Rosario, Chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) and the Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees said in an interview, that they are following the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte which is to provide Filipinos with responsive social benefits and considering the plight of those affected by the strong earthquakes in the province of Cotabato and o ..read more

One must have always been familiar with those advertising commercials of a newly opened villa that has a family moving into the new house, children running around the place, mom and dad are pointing at the ceiling and smiling with no signs of hardships in their faces even though each one of them is carrying boxes. Boxes that are pretty empty. In real life, no matter how one desires to look fresh while carrying grandma’s antique cabinet, sweating and haggard tendencies are just no escape. This is the most stressful for families bringing a lot of belongings, some handling the kids not to break ..read more

Last October 2019, three consecutive earthquakes jolted Philippine’s Mindanao Island. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded the magnitude of each tremor: 5.5 and 6.3 on October 16; 6.1 and 6.6 on October 29; 6.5 on October 31. As of the latest count reported by Business World on November 6, 2019, the number of people affected by a series of earthquakes in Central Mindanao last month has reached 231, 250 and 17 declared dead. On infrastructure, 26 schools have been destroyed while 1, 050 are partially damaged. Houses account for the biggest hit with 10, 862 ..read more