A Very Good Value Two Storey Home under construction in Metro Pampanga (Nov. 2016)

Traveler photographer captured these photos of a 2-storey affordable house coming up within a gated village about a kilometer and a half from the corner of MacArthur Highway and Jose Abad Santos Avenue (a.k.a. Olongapo-Gapan Road or O-G Road). SM Pampanga and Robinsons Starmills are a little less than 4 kilometers away from this corner lot; Clark International Airport is a 45 minute drive away.

Sep. 14, 2016: Before groundbreaking.

Sept. 20, 2016: Groundbreaking ceremony.

Oct. 21, 2016: At the end of the construction work day.

(Update as of Dec. 12, 2016: As the workday starts.) 

Construction work is ongoing and the house, with a floor area of 88 sq.,m. and sitting on a 358 sq.m. lot, is expected to be ready for turn over by late summer of 2017. The owner acquired it for end-use with an investment of PhP 3,911,950.00. Financing is provided by Security Bank.

From this upcoming corner-lot home, a short 5 minute walk will bring you to a park with a pond, as shown below.

Now, that's affordable provincial ambiance living within the center of Metro Pampanga!

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• Know more on how to get your home loan approved here.
• Want to know how the abovementioned 2-storey house will look like? Check out this artist's perspective drawing.

For more info in acquiring your own home in St. Francis Village Ph. 3 in Metro Pampanga, contact Mae at 0905-4784742. Cheers!

8 Tips to get your Home Loan approved

Thinking of finally acquiring that starter home you've been thinking about since last summer? 

Instead of waiting for decades to save the needed amount, a bank loan could be the answer to making that purchase before the year ends. 

Click here for 8 simple and practical tips to increase your chances of getting that bank loan approved.

(For more info about the MaxiValue village studio in the photo, or to schedule a house viewing, contact Mae at 0998-4688399. Photo credit: Diego Alquiler.)

The Village Studio: an example in Pampanga.

Check out this limited offer if you’re looking at a starter home for newlyweds, or your own bachelors's pad in the Metropolitan Pampanga area.

 

This is a 35 sq.m. village studio, on an 82.5 sq.m. lot, with T&B, kitchen, utility area, mini patio and garden, and 1-car garage. A kilometer away is the village gate located along MacArthur highway; right outside the gate is a commercial strip with about a dozen banks, around 20 restaurants, offices, appliance stores, supermarket and convenience stores, as well as a private hospital. Oh by the way, half a minute stroll from this studio is a park with a pond!

Qualified buyers may acquire this beautiful studio for as low as PhP9,743.46/mo. bank loan amortization for a 15 year term loan. Contact Mae at 0998-4688399 for more info.

Studios in a Gated Subdivision

Studios in high-rise condo buildings have been quite acceptable to a particular market segment, especially among the Filipino Millenials based in Metro Manila.

Now I wonder, would a "studio" built on a small lot in a gated subdivision be also acceptable to Millenials based in a provincial city?

The photo above shows a 420 sq.ft. (39 sq.m.) prefab home in Washington, U.S.A.

Given the cost of setting up a factory to produce such prefabricated houses, would an on-site built house be more economically feasible in the Philippines?

I think it is feasible to build similar homes locally, and I further think that it will not take rocket science to market these.

Time to give very good value homes to the emerging market of hard working, financially capable, "instant gratification" minded Pinoys.

Abangan ang susunod na kabanata!

New Year, New Way of Thinking

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Quote attributed to Albert Einstein).

It takes 12 months to pass for a New Year to come around. Now, take a look at these 2 photos taken 12 months apart.

December 2014. A condominum building in Quezon City being pre-sold and under construction.

December 2015. The same condominium almost ready for unit punchlisting and turnover.

A 24 sq.m. studio unit in this condo unit will cost you ~2.8M pesos. At least, if you buy a unit now (paying the full downpayment and having your bank loan approved already), you can occupy your unit by this summer.

Then, consider the following..

Photo below was taken on June 22, 2015. It shows the groundbreaking ceremony for a bungalow house & lot in a gated communityin the heart of San Fernando, Pampanga.

Photo below was shot on November 25, 2015.  As you can see, the house is ready for occupancy.

Pictured above is a 3-bedroom bungalow with a 44 sq.m. enclosed floor area. It has its own front lawn and garage; there's a canopied dirty kitchen at the back, adjacent to a utility/laundry area. You can acquire something like this for ~1.9M pesos. If you are qualified, you may acquire the property thru 20% downpayment and take out a bank loan for the 80% balance.

Over the past 5 years a lot of Filipino OFWs, as well as millennials working in the BPO industry, have been influenced to put their money in airspace in overcongested, polluted Metro Manila.

Isn't it time for a NEW WAY of thinking and buying your first home? 

Happy NEW YEAR, peeps!