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Ayala Land sees real estate recovery riding on strength of PH economy

The country’s fiscal position also remains strong. Recently, a ranking published by The Economist magazine placed the Philippines sixth out of 66 emerging economies to be in the best position to weather the crisis. The ranking was based on four factors: public debt, foreign debt, cost of borrowing, and reserve cover.

For the property industry, each sector is bound to see different stages of recovery. Dy highlighted that Ayala Land’s office and warehouse logistics units continue to operate without significant effects, while others are seeing different results.

Ayala Land is seeing encouraging signs in its residential business, which recorded increasing sales from April to May and again from May to June while the enhanced community quarantine was in effect.

Reinventing green urban living

In today’s highly urbanized Metro Manila, it is not easy to find developments enveloped by nature, greens, and open spaces. A rare example is Parklinks, Ayala Land and Eton Properties’ greenest urban estate in Metro Manila. The estate puts a premium on open spaces, giving workers and locators a wealth of benefits. This includes better general health, a more active lifestyle, and connectivity beyond measure—all resulting from thoughtful urban greening.

A Green and Healthy Home

Green and open spaces are a fundamental component in an urban ecosystem. The many benefits of spending time outdoors, especially in green spaces, have proven to be one of the fastest ways to improve your health and happiness. This makes it a key component in your home.

According to the World Health Organization, having access to green spaces can reduce health inequalities, improve well-being, and aid in treatment of mental illness. It also gives residents the opportunity to lead an active lifestyle, rather than a sedentary one. Ultimately, the availability and accessibility of green and open spaces in urban neighborhoods support the development of healthy lifestyles. This can include spending time outdoors walking, jogging, or playing.

Creating a Safe Space: Defining and Redefining Best Practices

While everyone’s waiting for normalcy in our life to get back, we can’t help but wonder what the ‘new normal’ will be.

As it is right now, design experts around the world look at the COVID-19 pandemic as a call to change the way we create things for good as we move forward. To city and architecture experts, this involves more calculated measures of how possible future waves of contagion will be controlled. This can be in terms of how they design homes, residential communities, cities, even retail and public spaces. It has certainly become an invitation for designers to be more innovative, and come up with solutions that will enhance and preserve life further.

Putting a Spotlight on Estate Developments: Connected communities as a place to live well

While cities have been around for centuries, the concept of urban planning is a relatively newer study that has been developing importance in the last decade. Overpopulation, traffic congestion, and health issues throughout the years have urged government and developers to stop and think – how do we make our urban developments a foolproof place for people to live well?

Investing in communities primed for the future

The COVID-19 pandemic should not stop you from investing your hard-earned savings in a worthwhile venture—be it a house and lot or a condominium unit. This may be, in fact, the best time to invest in your future as current promotions and smart offerings make it even more attractive to purchase a property today. What you need to take stock of, however, are the crucial lessons learned so far in this pandemic.

Buying Pre-selling Condo, Lot, Townhouse, and Office Space

Apart from buying ready-for-occupancy (RFO) properties, buying pre-selling properties is another popular choice when it comes to acquisition. These properties are off-the-plan, which means the property is not constructed yet. Buyers sign a purchase contract but can only view the designs and building plans. While there are no physical properties that buyers can inspect, buying a pre-selling condo, lot, townhouse, or office space has several benefits.

Future-Proof Investments: Secure your Future with Real Estate

Despite economic challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, real estate in the Philippines is still seen as a solid ground for future-proof investments.

In fact, over the last decade, commercial land values South of Metro Manila have quadrupled. Growth in prices are even at 400% from 2009 to 2019 for properties located in thriving estates all over the country, such as Makati and Bonifacio Global City. Newer estates in the South have also proven their track records for commercial lots sales, given the strong demand for developments such as Vermosa, Evo City, and Broadfield.

Ayala Land spearheads another estate set to thrive in the South.

Ayala Land's newest estate is Broadfield. Offering a choice location in Laguna, it has a diverse estate mix that includes already-built communities, existing and future infrastructure, and strong market capability potential.

Spanning over 120 hectares, about 36.6-hectare of this estate is allocated for the first phase of the commercial district. This location is ideal for business enterprises who are seeking to develop their own building or other mid-rise developments.

All Aboard: Manila Subway to Influence Land and Property Prices, Strategies of Developers

Metro Manila’s potential for economic expansion has been constricted by a poor infrastructure network brought about by decades of neglect and underspending. The current administration is addressing this by identifying major infrastructure projects that will be built in Metro Manila over the next three to seven years. Among the infrastructure projects that the government intends to develop is the Manila Subway system.

The property market investors bank on for high growth this year

An overwhelming percentage of Australian property investors are expecting the Perth property market to produce the goods over the next three years, according to new data.

Of 401 property investors surveyed, 37 per cent rank Perth as the best place to invest in the next 12 months, and 61 per cent rank the capital city as the property market with the highest growth potential over the next three years, research from property investment consultancy, Momentum Wealth, shows.

Housing market sprints ahead as buyers urged to get in now

Australia’s housing market has marked its largest monthly increase since March 2017, with values up 0.9 per cent in September.

This marks the second consecutive month of gains, following a gain of 0.8 per cent in August, bringing quarterly gains to 1.7 per cent, and annual performance to -3.9 per cent growth.

It comes as the Reserve Bank of Australia prepares to hand down its interest rate decision for October, with pundits split over whether the board will keep rates on hold or cut. The two cuts in June and July have been credited with fueling the recent resurgence in property market growth.

Expert reveals the 5 ‘cream of the crop’ property suburbs of 2020

Property experts have made plenty of predictions about where the national ‘hotspot’ suburbs will be this year.

But what makes a suburb a good buy? According to Hotspotting.com.au founder Terry Ryder, there are 10 elements to consider.

These include infrastructure for or links to transport, education, lifestyle or medical amenities; ‘ugly duckling’ areas that are being gentrified; proximity to job hubs; urban renewal or government policy; consistency; the ripple effect of expensive suburbs; ‘boom town syndrome’; and sea or hill change.