A WORKING MOM'S PEN HAVEN

REALIZATIONS OF REAL ESTATE PANDEMIC TRENDS It's now Feb 2021 and I have held off this 2021 outlook piece precisely because I was too busy thinking of what to say.Yes, 2021 unlike its predecessor the phenomenal 2020 is perturbly quiet and uneventful. Whether good or bad so far, we don't know. https://www.camella.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2018-CAMELLA-MEADOWS.jpg In the real estate scene, all developers including the top dogs have been silent about their 2020 performance except for one IPO company who happily announced that they even grew by 12% in 2020. This is probably considering that they are still a minor player despite going public. For the big guns, top developer Vista Land has been showing muscle to defend its turf in the horizontal segment. Now that the vertical realm has been challenged on several fronts including the mass exodus of the POGO market, the impending oversupply may occur because of it. Shortly after this and in the offing is the correction in price...

Investing in real estate (condo and house and lot) in the time of COVID As a real estate researcher, I've read and navigated through a lot of information and data to analyze and provide insights to our company leaders about industry trends.  Off work, many of my friends also ask me for advise when it comes to decisions about real estate.  To buy or not to buy this property, to sell or not to sell at this price, to rent out long or short term, house and lot or condo , and other related queries about what to do with their money and property.  I almost always suggest to keep it simple and logical.  If it does not add up and you have an inch of a doubt about it, then don't do it.  However, there are also signals that should not be ignored.  This is especially true in periods when demand presets supply.  The worst case scenario for a buyer/investor is to see a property be sold out just when you've decided to buy it and then see it a...

I have read a worrisome article from an OFW forum which has been shared and has circulated among OFW group communities. It mentioned that purchasing real estate may not be a good idea for OFWs. Apart from the fact that he the writer is trying to convince his audience to buy "stocks" as a form of investment, I am really not sure where he is coming from. I have been a daughter of an OFW since age 2. One of the earliest conversations with my dad circled around his reasons for not choosing to work locally. And the very first of these reasons was for us to have a decent home and a good life. 3 years into his work as a cashier in Jeddah, he bought a piece of land and 2 years after we moved into our unfinished house. Slowly over the years my mom would try to make major improvements like an extension or a interior finishing or a semi permanent partition which would later on form part of a still unfinished house and lot.  During that time there was no concept of a house and lot...

I have friends who hail from Davao who's been asking me about the best property to buy in Davao City.  They probably know that I work as a researcher in a real estate company and that I will give them my very honest opinion about things, reason why they came to be for advise.Well, for one I have been everywhere in the country.  As in literally been everywhere! My getgo points reveal that I have had more than 40,000 points accumulated in that past 5 years.  My pal mabuhay miles though may not be as reflective of my flights because I rarely go PAL for obvious reasons. Anyway, I can say that if someone who can afford a house worth 2M-4M  would ask me where to buy a house and lot from, I would of course tell them to purchase a CAMELLA HOME .  Not to be self-serving here but I can point out more than 100 reasons to prove my point. But how about in Davao? Prices of house and lot for sale in Davao have soared super high since the president go elected. Investors bot...

All of a sudden I have this craving for sweets! Granted was advised by my cardio to lay off sweets a bit because my FBS stats are not that good, it’s not that bad either! But as I’ve always had a knack for sweets since my childhood. i can finish off a bar of chocolate without any help. But what kept my sugar afloat was the fact that I do not like sodas nor coffee. And so most of the time instead of ordering a coke with my meal, I’d choose the lesser evil ice tea or juice. But nowadays, I really save on calories and what best to binge off on sweets than in the sweetest city in the country - Bacolod! So here I’m listing out my top 3 sweet places in Bacolod. 1) Calea Of course, who doesnt know Calea! Anyone who’s ever been to Bacolod knows or at least may have been introduced to the place. It’s home to an endless number of cake variants. The best of which are the cheesecakes and the blueberry cheesecake is to die for!  The chocolate Bomb Ice cream is also a must try! When I was la...