What could be better than owning a vacation home and earning rentals when you arent using it? Until recently, John Thomas with his Filipina wife from London, UK, owned a traditional vacation home, in Metro Manila, Philippines. But after a year away from the country they arrived during the...
Beth Collingz of PLC International said buyers are investors in hotel-condos, a real estate product that combines the flexibility of ownership of a condo in a hotel setting. Popular in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, hotel-condos are just starting to pop up in the Philippines for...
Condo or condominium is a housing option that looks like an apartment complex. Condo ownership lets the owner to own the condo only not the land. Condo owners have to pay monthly fee for maintaining common areas.
Generally the association of property owners manages condominiums. Owners...
The prices of condos are going up in some areas and down in other areas, but one thing is for sure, condos are here to stay! Condo living looks like being the way of the future and there are several quite diversified reasons for their popularity.
One is obviously a reflection on our...
Condominiums tend fall into the love them or hate them position for buyers. Heres primer on condominiums.
Condominiums
Condominiums are all about communal living, which can be good or bad depending upon your personal views. This type of communal living doesnt refer to the failed...
Purchasing a new residence involves many issues and condos may be on your radar. Before you buy, keep in mind there are disadvantages to condominium ownership.
Condominiums Disadvantages
Condominiums are simply a collection of units in a structure or structures. All property on...
Condo-Hotels – New Hotel phenomenon set to sweep the Philippines
Interest in the Philippines condominium hotels sector has increased significantly in the past two years following many years of intermittent development and association with other shared ownership vehicles, says Beth...
Condo Hotels in the Philippines: The Hottest Niche in the Philippine Investment Property market
Beth Collingz, PLC International Marketing Director for Pacific Concord Properties Incs Lancaster Brand of Condotels in the Philippines said When the unit owners are not using the condo hotel...
If the area you lived in was subject to earthquakes, insect infestation and wildfires, and you could live in a type of housing that could withstand all those perils, why wouldn’t you? Concrete homes have an amazing resistance to all of the above and are commonly used in Florida and other...
The flourishing real estate market has resulted in a significant increase in first-time real estate investors. With limited experience in real estate, it can be a risky move to buy property without knowing for certain what the return on the initial investment would be.
Thousands of...
As the stock market remains bearish and portfolios continue to make only minor gains, the demand for homes has never been higher.
It is with this economic trend that more people are opting to invest in one of the most enduring forms of equity: real estate.
Nevertheless, according...
When it comes to building a house, there are dozens of opportunities for making mistakes or bad decisions. Not to worry, you’ve hired a reputable builder who knows what he’s doing; these mistakes shouldn’t be an issue. Maybe in a perfect world, but all builders can make errors....