The global pandemic has not only affected our health, economy, and daily lives, but it has also created lasting ripples in the real estate sector. As we emerge into a post-pandemic world, we are witnessing a transformative shift in real estate preferences and demands. Here, we dive into how the pand

Prior the pandemic, most businesses sign a lease for their office spaces because it is more cost-efficient than buying real estate. This frees business capital to allocate other operating expenses such as salary, recruitment teams, software, hardware, security measures among others. Basically, com

The Philippines now has the longest lockdown imposed in the world, next to Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country has been going back and forth with differing levels of community quarantine since March 2020 (ranging from the initial Community Quarantine (CQ) measures, to t

  A few weeks ago, Ayala Land Inc., one of the largest developers in the Philippines, has filed for application for the country’s first Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Named AREIT Inc., this newly formed entity aims to raise as much

After a steady three-year rise in the Residential Real Estate Price Index (RREPI), the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) monitored that residential prices grew marginally by 0.4% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2019 as RREPI rose to 117.5 from 117 for the same quarter last year. Residential pr

Taal Volcano's main crater lake during quiet times.Natural disasters are generally unpredictable. Extreme weather conditions like drought, blizzards, typhoons, hurricanes, lightning strikes, heat waves, and non-meteorological events like volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides,

  The May 2019 mid-term elections brought a positive political climate despite several hiccups along the way, including delay in some of the government’s infrastructure projects during the first half of 2019. The Philippine economy is continuously growing, bolstered by another credit rat

The TRAIN Law, the government’s “Build, Build, Build” program, adjustment of price ceilings for socialized and low-cost housing—these are some of the real estate market indicators that defined 2018 and what will shape the market in the coming year. In this report, Pinnacle re

Thanks to the continuous growth of its local economy, its investor-friendly business environment, impressive infrastructure projects and property developments, and a capable local government, Davao City today is one of the hottest investment hubs in the Philippines.This latest Market Vista report by

Despite challenges, the Philippines remains one of the strongest-performing economies in Asia. GDP growth rate stands at 6.1% quarter-on-quarter to Q3 2018—ranking third after Vietnam’s 6.9% and China’s 6.5% for the same period.Inflation continues to be a challenge, which is curren