FAQ

Generally, you can choose from one of the following:

(a) In-house financing
(b) Bank financing
(c) Pag-ibig loan (HDMF)
(d) Cash purchase with discount

Availability of financing would depend on which type is conveniently adapted by developer. Some developers are superior on one financing scheme and appear to be disadvantageous on other types of scheme. It is ideal that you contact us for more detailed information of each developer’s financing scheme offer and we can disclose to you the advantages as well as the disadvantages.

This would depend on the developer concerned. Normally, developers offer easy down payment such as 20%. (Others go as low as 10%) if the project is pre-selling. Pre-selling is an offer to sell when the construction of the Subdivision or Project is on-going and your unit will be scheduled for construction upon full down payment and will be completed at a time frame disclosed to you. Some developers offer one year to pay for the down payment of 20% for on-going projects and the monthly amortization for the balance will only take effect after the full payment of this down payment.

Under the law, all prices shall include the VAT and should not be indicated separately in the pricing, thus, the prices quoted herein may already include the VAT. But there are developers/sellers who still emphasize the VAT to be added to their list price.

The smallest lot available? Availability of lowest price and smallest size may change everyday. It is ideal that you contact us thru email so we can send you a subdivision map showing availability of lots of different sizes as well as the lowest price in the area.

This would depend on the amount of loan approved, the rate of interest, and the terms of payment you have chosen. The most common is the diminishing balance method. This is ideal and equitable to the borrower because the interest will only be applied to the remaining balance of the loan. For this type of financing, you can refer to the "Important Facts to Know" in this website and click on the “monthly mortgage amortization”. Using the factor table, you can compute the monthly amortization by simply multiplying the loan amount with a factor. This will be explained in detail with examples in the link.

If the interest is fixed, you simply multiply the loan amount by the interest charge per annum and add the interest on each year to the principal and divide by the total number of months the loan has to be paid, and you will get the monthly amortization ; or you may contact us and we’ll e glad to compute it for you.

This would depend on the Subdivision you have chosen. Association dues are usually very minimal which would normally range between P300.00 to P500.00 per month. This represents your share of the maintenance of the subdivision which includes salaries of the guards, garbage disposal, repair and maintenance of amenities and facilities. But the developer does not impose this on the residents. Once the project is completed, the residents shall form a homeowners association and you being one of the members/officers, will be among those who will govern the subdivision and determine how much association dues to impose on each homeowner.

Condominium maintenance fees are usually higher and are based on the floor area of the unit occupied. You may contact us for a more specific amount of maintenance fee for each condominium.

An existing Pag-ibig policy requires that you have paid at least 24 monthly contributions before you can avail of any housing loan, but a new amendment to this policy opens the gate to non members to apply for membership and then avail of the loan right away by just paying the 24 monthly contributions at one time. For example, if you want to avail of P1,000,000.00 loan, your required monthly contribution for this is P800.00 and by just paying P19,200.00 at one time, you shall be entitled to a 1 million loan.

The amount of loan you can avail of will depend on four requisites:

Some are already built while others are undergoing construction. But most of the projects have model houses that you can personally inspect while the actual unit will be built at a specific location of your choice to be completed within the time frame agreed upon by you and the developer. Many of the lands presented on the site are ready to build with a house of your own design. Please contact us for the most current status of each project.

Foreigners do enjoy absolute ownership of a condominium unit. Ownership is evidenced by Condominium Certificate of Title (CCT).

The ownership of land and house and lot are allowed only to Filipinos and foreigners who are formerly natural born Filipino Citizens. If a foreigner is married or related to (for example) a Filipina, the title shall indicate the Filipina name “married to (name of a foreigner)”. Whatever happens along the way, there are ways to get back the money invested by the foreigner.

There are banks who do not allow if you are permanently residing abroad but there are banks who will. For example ChinaBank allows provided that you submit the needed documentary requirements and the credit check will be though phone. The rate is between 10.5% to 14% interest depending on the bank of your choice and also depends on the number of years fixing. Yearly fixing offers lower interest than a 3-year or 5-year fixing.

If you are abroad, you may appoint somebody you know here, a friend or relative whom you can trust and send to him the money for the reservation through any courier. A notarized special power of attorney is required duly authenticated by the nearest consul in your area. Since it normally takes one month for the authentication, you may fax the notarized copy just to process the reservation. The authenticated copy will follow later. If you choose to pay not though somebody, you may pay “bank to bank” direct to the developer’s account. We can send you the bank account of the developer as well as the developer’s contact numbers for your confirmation of the authenticity of these numbers and personalities. As soon as you make the deposit, please notify us right away so we can trace the incoming deposit and immediately issue an official receipt. The copy of the O.R. shall be attached to an email right away while the original shall be sent via post mail.

All of these projects have title on the land and in cases of new project development, most developers only have a mother title. Although some projects do not have individual titles yet and shall be titled upon full payment of the land. your protection shall be based on the sales contract between you and the developer., On the other hand, there are developers who as a matter of policy, do not sell land unless it has individual title. It’s ideal that you contact us to give you a more detailed information of each developer.

It depends on the type of condominium. Hilton Cebu for example charges P45.00 per square meter floor area per month, so for a 100 square meter floor area, that would be P4,500.00 per month. Citylights Gardens charges slightly higher with P50.00 per square meter per month. Other condos with much lesser amenities also charge less.

This will depend on the specific developer of subdivision you have chosen to buy from. The fastest developer here like Crown Asia and Nexland Inc. can finish a house construction in 6 months while others would take about 12 to 18 months to finish depending also on how large the project is and the type of facilities/amenities to be built.

Yes, just search my website with "Ready for Occupancy" property category.

The advantages of in-house financing are:

1) Simplicity of documents required. You need not be subjected to thorough background/credit check as compared to banks or pag-ibig. A Filipino wife who has no or inadequate income for herself can be approved for in-house housing loan if she has a husband such as a foreigner who can support the monthly amortization. Since the title does not bear the name SPOUSES ….. but only the name of the Filipina married to ….. (foreigner’s name), banks do not approve loan nor Pag-ibig if the wife does not have enough income to pay for the monthly amortization.

2) Maceda Law or R.A. 6656 - mandates the developer to refund 50% of your payments if you have paid at least 2 years installment even if you are delinquent. Refund is not applicable in mortgage with banks or Pag-ibig.

3) Interest charges remain constant no matter what happens to the economy. If contracted to 16%, it shall remain at that throughout the period of the contract. Bank interest rates on the other hand are floating. In times of crises, it can shoot up.

The prime advantage however with Bank financing and Pag-ibig are that of lower interest rates which range from 10.5% to 14% per annum but there are also fees such as processing fees and appraisal fees which are not existing in the in-house financing.

You don’t have to pay for the capital gains tax. All developers/sellers are required to pay this or an equivalent of creditable withholding tax. The transfer tax however will be on your account which is usually ½ of 1% as well as registration fee which is also about ½ of 1%.

There are no hidden charges. All charges will be disclosed to you before you sign any contract.

Yes, a foreigner is allowed with the same rights and privileges of a Filipino.

You can purchase without necessarily coming over. First, you select from this site the specific property you are interested in. We can send you an updated map of the subdivision (and in the case of a condo, its floor plan) From the map, you can choose the specific location you want to reserve. Upon receipt of your payment “bank to bank”, or through your SPA, the unit of your choice will be reserved for you in 30 days. Within this 30 day period, all documents required will have to be submitted and a contract shall be signed. The original shall be sent to you for your original signatures and to be sent back for notarization here. After notarization and after receiving your down payment “bank to bank”, one of the notarized copies shall be sent to you again for your copy. The reservation is always deductible to your down payment.

For your monthly amortizations, there are two possibilities:

(1) There are developers who require issuance of post dated checks for at least one year. In this case, your SPA here is required to open a bank checking account here in your name and post dated checks shall be submitted to the developer. Before each check becomes due, you can fund this check by again, depositing the money bank to bank. Or, you may want to come over personally, open a bank account here, and issue post dated checks to the developer.

(2) When a developer allows, you may just at your own option, send the monthly amortization bank to bank direct to the developers account.

If Employed or Self-employed:

• Community Tax Certificate
• Proof of Billing (original)
• T.I.N. (Tax ID Number)
• Latest pay slip of borrower and spouse (original)
• 2 pcs HDMF Premium Contribution Certificate (original)
• Marriage Contract or Birth Certificate (Photocopy)
• W2 BIR form (photocopy)
• 2 pcs Notarized Certificate of Employment with Compensation (original)
• Post dated checks for down payment
• 24 month Pag-ibig contribution for members. For non-members, pay 24 months contribution upon reservation

If OFW:

All of the above plus the following:
• 3 pcs Notarized Special Power of Attorney (SPA)
• Income Tax Return and W2 confirmation receipt for the last 2 years immediately preceeding date of loan application
• Notarized Employment Contract and Employer s Certificate of Income duly certified by employer.

Note: All original

(General requirements of most banks, for specific, contact bank concerned.)

• Income Tax Return (latest)
• Certificate of employment with compensation
• Business Permit (if self-employed)
• Community Tax Certificate
• I.N. (Tax identification Number)
• Bank Statement (for the last 6 months)
• Marriage Certificate (if married) (Photocopoy)
• Proof of Billing
• Post Dated Checks

Note: All original except marriage certificate, Business Permit, Community Tax Certificate.

• Federal Income Tax Return (latest)
• Bank Statement (for the last 6 months)
• Special Power of Atty. (SPA) (consul authenticated)
• Certificate of Employment with compensation (consul authenticated)
• Proof of remittance
• Business Permit (if self employed)
• Marriage Certificate (if married)
• Post Dated Checks

(Note: All original except marriage certificate)

Note: In-house financing requirements is similar to bank financing. For specific requirements, it is advised to take note of these requirements per Developer.

Here are the steps in the bank financing

1) We will first check for the possible approval of your loan to ensure that before any payment is made like reservation or down payment, your application willo be approved. We will need some information such as your age, civil status, monthly income (or yearly), type of work, name of wife (including maiden name)

2) If pre-approval is determined based on the submitted information, we advise reservation of the property either thru relative or any SPA here in the office of the developer or thru bank to bank.

3) Within 30 days from reservation, at least 20% down payment is needed so that it will be processed for bank financing. If you wish to pay the down payment over a period of time such as 6 months, we can negotiate this with the developer.

4) Please prepare and submit the requirements of bank for the application of loan. This would vary depending on the bank concerned but most bank would require the above requirements on the answer of question no. 28 above.

5) Once the down payment is completed, all these requirements will be submitted to the bank for processing.

6) On the part of the developer, they will also be required by the bank to submit their own requirements the most important of which are the title which is yet in their name and the contract to sell between the seller and the buyer.

7) When the requirements are completed, the bank then processes the loan and within a month (or two at most, depending on the bank chosen) and released a letter of guarantee so that the developer will release also the title to be transferred into the name of the buyer.

8. The title in the name of the developer will then be processed with BIR, City Hall and Register of deeds and once it is already in the name of the buyer, the title will then be submitted to the bank and then the bank released the loan and the proceeds will then be received by the developer

9. The buyer then under a contract with the bank will be required to pay monthly in a form that is agreed by both parties. Usually, post dated checks are required but this can be negotiated into a bank to bank payment with most banks