Philippines: News Archive

MARCH 2009

• Philippine central bank cuts key interest rates - Business Week

JANUARY 2009

• Property sector optimistic but realistic - The Inquirer

DECEMBER 2008

• Crisis dampens interest in home loans - Inquirer

NOVEMBER 2008

• New regulation postponed in Philippines amid fears about impact on property market - Property Wire

JULY 2008

• Inflation 11.4% in June, highest in 14 years - The Inquirer
• Philippine properties ‘hottest’ in Southeast Asia - The Enquirer

JUNE 2008

• End of local housing price boom in sight - Business world
• Property investors from the UK and Oz looking to Manila - Property Wire

MAY 2008

• Philippines property market gap opens up - Property Wire

MARCH 2008

• Manila bucking mortgage trends - Asia Property Report
• Thrift bank's real estate loans up 11% - The Inquirer
• Ceu's real estate industry thrives despite crisis in US - Cebu Daily News

FEBRUARY 2008

• Asia Pacific property digest (pdf - requires free registration) - Jones Lang LaSalle

JANUARY 2008

• Rockwell to launch Lopez Center, housing project - Business World

DECEMBER 2007

• Will 2007 real estate boom go on in 2008? - The Sunday Times

OCTOBER 2007

• US slowdown would hit Philippines hard, says bank - Phil. Daily Inquirer
• Gov?t again breached interest payment limit in Sept - Phil. Daily Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Infrastructure work seen to peak in 3 years - Inquirer.net Blogs
• Cebu top destination for Russians - Asia Property Report
• Banks’ property loans rise 3.8% to P218B - Philippine Daily Inq
• Arroyo approves 1-stop shop for housing developers - Inquirer.net

AUGUST 2007

• Internet reaching wider market of Filipinos abroad-Century - Phil. Daily Inquirer
• City mayors oppose bill to share property tax with Capitol - Cebu Daily News (INQ
• Philippines seen leading property boom in Asia - Philipppine Daily In
• Bangko Sentral urged to cut policy interest rates - Phil Daily Inquirer
• De Castro orders crackdown on property ads - Philippine Daily Inq

JULY 2007

• RP housing booms as US slumps - The Manila Times
• Property boom threatens Philippine schools - Phil Daily Inquirer
• Promoting Filipino culture as added value in real estate - Manila Times
• Osme?a: Supply and demand in real estate sector in Cebu - Sun Star
• Eye on Asia - Asia Property Report

JUNE 2007

• High transaction costs, rent control linked to RP slums - Phil Daily Inquirer
• UK Property Investors Emerging as Biggest Market for Philippine Condotels - Newswire Today
• Property sector grows fastest in 40 years - Business World
• Good property investments for overseas professionals, OFWs - Inquirer.net

MAY 2007

• Real growth on real investments - Colliers Internation
• New High End Luxury Condotels Planned in Cebu Philippines for UK Investors - Asia Property Report
• Palawan RE becoming more popular - Asia Property Report

APRIL 2007

• Why it?s a good time to buy property now - Inquirer
• BPI Family sees 15% - 20% rise in housing loans - Inquirer
• Philippine property market overview (pdf) - Colliers Internation

MARCH 2007

• Housing projects get incentives - Philippine Daily Inq
• Ifugao registers improved tax collection - Sun.Star

FEBRUARY 2007

• Heady days for Philippine property - Asia Times
• ?Integrity, people-centeredness are keys to successful property selling’ - Manila Times

JANUARY 2007

• RP property values can increase 35% - Philippine Daily Inq
• Emerging property trends in 2007 - Philippine Daily Inq
• Hills like chocolate - Washington Times
• Philippine property bulletin (Q4 2006) (pdf) - Colliers Internation

DECEMBER 2006

• Peso surges on heavy OFW money remittances - Inquirer
• Osme?a: Cebu?s realty market - Sun Star Cebu
• Retirement and Condotel Investments in the Philippines-A Winning Combination - SB Wire

NOVEMBER 2006

• Is the Philippines Finally Turning Around? - Business Week
• OFWs spur building boom - Manila Times
• Construction of Cebu residential condo now underway - Asia Property Report

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Peso advances to 50.77:$1 - Manila Standard

AUGUST 2006

• HSBC warns against easing interest rates too soon - Inquirer
• Land values in business districts seen to rise - Philippine Business
• Property values near GK communities rise - Inquirer
• OFW demand fuels housing loan boom - Inquirer
• Philippine Property Market Overview: July 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

JULY 2006

• GMA gives hope for a better future - Manila Standard
• Asian Americans better off as home buyers - Philippine News
• Gov?t guarantees on low-cost housing rise - Inquirer
• Inflation slows to 6.9% in May - Colliers Internation

JUNE 2006

• BIR eyes realty tax evaders - Inquirer
• British Embassy to acquire Fort Bonifacio property - Manila Standard
• Inflation rate eases to 6.9% - Manila Standard

MAY 2006

• Fort Bonifacio lot sales to yield P55b - Manila Standard
• UBS hikes growth forecast to 5.2% - Manila Standard
• Real estate biggest winner in 2005 - Manila Standard
• Philippine Property Market Overview: April 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

FEBRUARY 2006

• Reaching for the sky - Manila Standard
• Philippine Property Market Overview: January 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

JANUARY 2006

• Philippines is a catch, if you can. - IHT

APRIL 2005

• Rates go up a notch in Manila - IHT
• Real estate price index: a model for the Philippines (pdf) - Bank for Internation