Table 2. Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions, by Type of Building,
         by Region and Province for the First Quarter of 2005

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                                          TOTAL             |     SINGLE        |     DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
Province/                            |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|     Value|        |Floor Area|   Value
City/Municipality             Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)| (1,000)
                                 (1) |       (2)|        (3)|    (4) |       (5)|       (6)|    (7) |       (8)|     (9)
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Philippines                   18,419   1,976,930  11,193,158  15,765   1,670,972  9,463,743   1,184      80,757  414,494

National Capital Region        1,667     372,582   2,536,748   1,355     299,955  2,032,011      82      16,184  108,539

First District                   130      24,342     163,183      96      12,731     83,908       5       1,323    8,423
Second District                  683     148,476     968,774     601     125,944    821,757      25       3,909   27,885
Third District                   218      35,645     194,781     174      27,895    153,817      10       1,251    4,727
Fourth District                  636     164,119   1,210,010     484     133,385    972,529      42       9,701   67,504

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                        187      37,877     238,996     177      34,592    223,265       4       1,496    5,641

Abra                              13       2,699      11,414      12       2,422     10,415       0           0        0
Benguet                          159      32,973     216,845     153      30,761    205,505       3       1,280    4,750
Ifugao                             2         332       1,529       1         116        638       1         216      891
Kalinga                           13       1,873       9,208      11       1,293      6,707       0           0        0

Region I - Ilocos Region       1,481     130,963     657,431   1,431     121,438    603,417      12       2,470   14,327

Ilocos Norte                     680      57,278     297,374     671      55,111    287,830       3         889    4,503
Ilocos Sur                       435      30,510     133,178     426      28,650    120,230       5         797    3,695
La union                         237      26,499     150,256     210      22,275    127,547       1          45      271
Pangasinan                       129      16,676      76,623     124      15,402     67,810       3         739    5,858

Region II - Cagayan Valley       344      43,774     230,456     334      38,064    217,880       1         627    2,067

Batanes                            2         636       5,700       2         636      5,700       0           0        0
Cagayan                          205      22,912     122,850     204      22,285    120,783       1         627    2,067
Isabela                           96      15,066      69,179      89      10,199     60,435       0           0        0
Nueva Vizcaya                     20       2,457      20,632      18       2,241     18,867       0           0        0
Quirino                           21       2,703      12,095      21       2,703     12,095       0           0        0

Region III - Central Luzon     1,774     197,146   1,147,983   1,350     144,573    827,673      25       3,639   19,758

Bataan                           139      15,033      81,945     124      12,949     73,404       4         469    1,985
Bulacan                          522      44,575     240,925     222      13,752     73,471       8         942    5,841
Nueva Ecija                      298      31,570     162,809     285      28,162    147,540       5       1,096    5,573
Pampanga                         411      60,856     404,004     338      49,698    311,249       6       1,012    5,941
Tarlac                           219      24,861     132,972     209      22,412    116,526       2         120      418
Zambales                          86      16,437     113,747      74      13,978     94,702       0           0        0
Aurora                            99       3,814      11,581      98       3,622     10,781       0           0        0

Region IVA - Calabarzon        4,134     455,677   2,811,605   3,393     376,568  2,388,495     146      15,313   85,537

Batangas                         389      43,483     252,288     332      34,498    200,008      11       1,009    5,721
Cavite                         2,384     251,630   1,460,295   1,946     214,548  1,274,575      84       8,821   43,079
Laguna                           697      76,006     525,057     516      60,421    432,545      23       1,918   12,139
Quezon                           200      21,606     133,854     185      19,692    124,073       6         534    2,238
Rizal                            464      62,952     440,111     414      47,409    357,294      22       3,031   22,360

Region IVB - Mimaropa          1,053      56,489     282,587     207      24,779    141,923     827      28,438  112,275

Marinduque                        10         806       4,711       9         730      4,190       0           0        0
Occidental Mindoro                12       1,920       7,741      12       1,920      7,741       0           0        0
Oriental Mindoro                  97      15,493     106,227      82      12,808     82,280       0           0        0
Palawan                          916      36,920     158,703      86       7,971     42,507     827      28,438  112,275
Romblon                           18       1,350       5,205      18       1,350      5,205       0           0        0

Region V - Bicol                 377      68,545     332,297     330      63,873    309,373       9       1,543    6,611

Albay                            100      34,552     125,723     100      34,552    125,723       0           0        0
Camarines Norte                   30       2,581      13,474      25       2,103     11,343       4         329    1,533
Camarines Sur                    146      19,518     116,477     107      15,736     97,615       4       1,046    4,578
Catanduanes                       35       3,559      21,867      34       3,475     21,186       0           0        0
Masbate                           21       2,677      15,594      21       2,677     15,594       0           0        0
Sorsogon                          45       5,658      39,162      43       5,330     37,912       1         168      500

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Table 2.  (continued)

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                                                   TOTAL             |       SINGLE        |     DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
           Province/                 |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|     Value|        |Floor Area|   Value
      City/Municipality       Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)| (1,000)
                                 (1) |       (2)|        (3)|    (4) |       (5)|       (6)|    (7) |       (8)|     (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas    1,013     120,691     667,665     998     117,503    655,537       6         725    4,829

Aklan                             36       9,001      42,293      35       8,861     41,431       1         140      862
Antique                           21       2,214      12,526      21       2,214     12,526       0           0        0
Capiz                            101      15,466      71,603      99      14,221     67,239       0           0        0
Iloilo                           232      42,207     227,967     230      41,530    226,362       1         127      953
Negros Occidental                611      50,740     307,577     601      49,614    302,280       4         458    3,014
Guimaras                          12       1,063       5,699      12       1,063      5,699       0           0        0

Region VII - Central Visayas   2,893     184,398     909,477   2,741     149,450    727,411      51       7,496   38,656

Bohol                            194      18,794      84,220     194      18,794     84,220       0           0        0
Cebu                           2,327     139,354     730,197   2,179     105,477    552,554      50       7,386   38,326
Negros Oriental                  370      25,965      93,185     366      24,894     88,762       1         110      330
Siquijor                           2         285       1,875       2         285      1,875       0           0        0

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas    325      39,116     194,565     312      36,570    181,410      10       1,632    8,965

Eastern Samar                     28       3,512      21,015      28       3,512     21,015       0           0        0
Leyte                            127      19,370      97,171     126      19,190     96,427       1         180      744
Northern Samar                    49       3,769      19,001      42       2,556     11,752       7       1,213    7,249
Samar (Western Samar)             25       3,429      16,529      25       3,429     16,529       0           0        0
Southern Leyte                    64       5,172      26,410      62       4,515     23,442       1         159      727
Biliran                           32       3,864      14,439      29       3,368     12,245       1          80      245

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula  156      18,491      82,973     153      17,369     80,334       1         117      550

Zamboanga del Norte               77      10,118      38,703      75       9,113     36,614       0           0        0
Zamboanga del Sur                 77       8,177      43,210      76       8,060     42,660       1         117      550
Isabela City                       2         196       1,060       2         196      1,060       0           0        0

Region X - Northern Mindanao     739      79,774     346,955     737      79,709    346,733       2          65      222

Bukidnon                         102      13,542      37,590     102      13,542     37,590       0           0        0
Camiguin                          30       2,355      11,086      29       2,320     10,963       1          35      123
Lanao del Norte                  239      19,234      69,490     239      19,234     69,490       0           0        0
Misamis Occidental               100       7,083      26,879     100       7,083     26,879       0           0        0
Misamis Oriental                 268      37,560     201,910     267      37,530    201,811       1          30       99

Region XI - Davao Region       1,478     108,936     518,095   1,473     108,154    512,674       2         219      855

Davao del Norte                  512      26,808      85,278     510      26,589     84,423       2         219      855
Davao del Sur                    738      69,182     393,380     735      68,619    388,814       0           0        0
Davao Oriental                    40       4,039      15,151      40       4,039     15,151       0           0        0
Compostela Valley                188       8,907      24,286     188       8,907     24,286       0           0        0

Region XII - Soccsksargen        340      23,008      90,634     330      21,090     80,219       3         359    3,395

North Cotabato                    16       2,226      14,094      12       1,558      9,548       0           0        0
South Cotabato                   159       8,546      35,692     156       7,812     32,483       2         215    1,990
Sultan Kudarat                    41       3,609      14,718      41       3,609     14,718       0           0        0
Saranggani                        14       1,137       4,274      13         993      2,869       1         144    1,405
Cotabato City                    110       7,490      21,856     108       7,118     20,601       0           0        0

Region XIII - Caraga             444      39,014     143,352     430      36,836    134,049       3         434    2,267

Agusan del Norte                 277      24,793     103,208     272      23,617     97,800       0           0        0
Agusan del Sur                    16       1,084       3,392      16       1,084      3,392       0           0        0
Surigao del Norte                128      10,524      27,299     121       9,780     24,462       3         434    2,267
Surigao del Sur                   23       2,613       9,453      21       2,355      8,395       0           0        0

Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindanao                       14         449       1,339      14         449      1,339       0           0        0

Basilan                            1          60         444       1          60        444       0           0        0
Maguindanao                       13         389         895      13         389        895       0           0        0

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Table 2.  (continued)

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                                   APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA    |    RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |          OTHERS
Province/                            |Floor Area|     Value|        |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|
City/Municipality             Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|   Value
                                (10) |      (11)|      (12)|   (13) |      (14)|       (15)|   (16) |      (17)|    (18)
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Philippines                    1,036     125,211    668,137       3       8,506      71,757     431      91,484  575,027

National Capital Region          221      49,091    319,285       2       4,474      66,979       7       2,878    9,934

First District                    27       7,746     63,515       0           0           0       2       2,542    7,337
Second District                   55      17,466    105,140       1       1,137      13,852       1          20      140
Third District                    32       6,309     35,840       0           0           0       2         190      397
Fourth District                  107      17,570    114,790       1       3,337      53,127       2         126    2,060

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                          1         787      5,000       0           0           0       5       1,002    5,090

Abra                               0           0          0       0           0           0       1         277      999
Benguet                            1         787      5,000       0           0           0       2         145    1,590
Kalinga                            0           0          0       0           0           0       2         580    2,501

Region I - Ilocos Region           6       1,499      9,892       0           0           0      32       5,556   29,795

Ilocos Norte                       2         636      2,819       0           0           0       4         642    2,222
Ilocos Sur                         1         217      3,702       0           0           0       3         846    5,551
La Union                           1         111        416       0           0           0      25       4,068   22,022
Pangasinan                         2         535      2,955       0           0           0       0           0        0

Region II - Cagayan Valley         6         835      3,966       1       4,032       4,778       2         216    1,765

Isabela                            6         835      3,966       1       4,032       4,778       0           0        0
Nueva Vizcaya                      0           0          0       0           0           0       2         216    1,765

Region III - Central Luzon       183       9,501     41,292       0           0           0     216      39,433  259,260

Bataan                            10       1,519      6,302       0           0           0       1          96      254
Bulacan                          158       4,855     18,715       0           0           0     134      25,026  142,898
Nueva Ecija                        7       2,112      9,200       0           0           0       1         200      496
Pampanga                           6         700      5,938       0           0           0      61       9,446   80,876
Tarlac                             1         123        337       0           0           0       7       2,206   15,691
Zambales                           0           0          0       0           0           0      12       2,459   19,045
Aurora                             1         192        800       0           0           0       0           0        0

Region IVA - Calabarzon          474      41,092    187,046       0           0           0     121      22,704  150,527

Batangas                           1          90        406       0           0           0      45       7,886   46,153
Cavite                           302      16,969     62,012       0           0           0      52      11,292   80,629
Laguna                           142      11,093     61,701       0           0           0      16       2,574   18,672
Quezon                             6       1,129      5,898       0           0           0       3         251    1,645
Rizal                             23      11,811     57,029       0           0           0       5         701    3,428

Region IVB - Mimaropa              3         604      4,357       0           0           0      16       2,668   24,032

Marinduque                         0           0          0       0           0           0       1          76      521
Oriental Mindoro                   1         190      1,334       0           0           0      14       2,495   22,613
Palawan                            2         414      3,023       0           0           0       1          97      898

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Table 2.  (concluded)

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                                   APARTMENT/ACCESSORIA    |    RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM    |          OTHERS
Province/                            |Floor Area|     Value|        |Floor Area|     Value |        |Floor Area|
City/Municipality             Number |   (sq.m.)|   (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|    (1,000)| Number |   (sq.m.)|   Value
                                (10) |      (11)|      (12)|   (13) |      (14)|       (15)|   (16) |      (17)|    (18)
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Region V - Bicol                  34       2,048      8,009       0           0           0       4       1,081    8,304

Camarines Norte                    0           0          0       0           0           0       1         149      598
Camarines Sur                     32       1,804      6,578       0           0           0       3         932    7,706
Catanduanes                        1          84        681       0           0           0       0           0        0
Sorsogon                           1         160        750       0           0           0       0           0        0

Region VI - Western Visayas        5       2,229      6,641       0           0           0       4         234      658

Capiz                              2       1,245      4,364       0           0           0       0           0        0
Iloilo                             1         550        652       0           0           0       0           0        0
Negros Occidental                  2         434      1,625       0           0           0       4         234      658

Region VII - Central Visayas      93      14,582     73,128       0           0           0       8      12,870   70,282

Cebu                              90      13,621     69,035       0           0           0       8      12,870   70,282
Negros Oriental                    3         961      4,093       0           0           0       0           0        0

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      2         818      4,092       0           0           0       1          96       98

Southern Leyte                     1         498      2,241       0           0           0       0           0        0
Biliran                            1         320      1,851       0           0           0       1          96       98

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula    2       1,005      2,089       0           0           0       0           0        0

Zamboanga del Norte                2       1,005      2,089       0           0           0       0           0        0

Region XI - Davao Region           1          75        582       0           0           0       2         488    3,984

Davao del Sur                      1          75        582       0           0           0       2         488    3,984

Region XII - Soccsksargen          3         891      2,474       0           0           0       4         668    4,546

North Cotabato                     0           0          0       0           0           0       4         668    4,546
South Cotabato                     1         519      1,219       0           0           0       0           0        0
Cotabato City                      2         372      1,255       0           0           0       0           0        0

Region XIII - Caraga               2         154        284       0           0           0       9       1,590    6,752

Agusan del Norte                   0           0          0       0           0           0       5       1,176    5,408
Surigao del Norte                  2         154        284       0           0           0       2         156      286
Surigao del Sur                    0           0          0       0           0           0       2         258    1,058

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  July 26,2005
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