Table 2. Number of Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions,
         by Type of Building, by Region,  Province and Municipality for the First Quarter of 2007 

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                                            TOTAL              |        SINGLE       |             DUPLEX/QUADRUPLEX
       Province,                     | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |       Value |        | Floor Area |   Value
City, and 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                   15,899    2,141,565   14,635,191   12,915    1,588,678   10,564,439      360       53,746    362,103

National Capital Region        3,617      767,383    6,395,214    2,913      478,437    3,758,940      102       23,645    190,893
First District                   272       53,802      310,821      122       25,900      208,919        4          791      5,978
Second District                1,732      375,070    2,873,610    1,584      236,458    1,796,982       31        7,238     44,431
Third District                   523       54,376      273,801      443       44,175      230,339        8          581      5,040
Fourth District                1,090      284,135    2,936,982      764      171,904    1,522,700       59       15,035    135,444

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                        151       24,894      171,599      131       19,793      136,025        3          570      3,012

Abra                               3          967        2,997        3          967        2,997        -            -          -
Benguet                          141       22,879      162,694      123       18,136      129,254        2          320      2,078
Ifugao                             1          250          934        -            -            -        1          250        934
Kalinga                            5          534        4,129        4          426        2,929        -            -          -
Mountain Province                  1          264          845        1          264          845        -            -          -

Region I - Ilocos              1,386      157,451    1,020,498    1,337      145,005      926,550       14        2,424     17,951

Ilocos Norte                     364       39,156      286,367      352       35,396      258,273        7        1,505     11,602
Ilocos Sur                       302       24,596      155,368      293       22,837      139,590        3          247      1,878
La Union                         186       25,804      180,161      180       24,604      170,882        1          115      1,637
Pangasinan                       534       67,895      398,602      512       62,168      357,805        3          557      2,834

Region II - Cagayan Valley        80       12,574       76,947       80       12,574       76,947        -            -          -

Batanes                            1          126          670        1          126          670        -            -          -
Isabela                           62        9,874       61,896       62        9,874       61,896        -            -          -
Nueva Vizcaya                     12        1,885       11,048       12        1,885       11,048        -            -          -
Quirino                            5          689        3,333        5          689        3,333        -            -          -

Region III - Central Luzon     2,025      290,057    1,665,321    1,480      200,442    1,262,471       32        4,172     25,502

Bataan                           152       21,102      158,010      144       20,240      153,933        4          429      1,257
Bulacan                          867      117,520      528,085      396       38,519      196,099       16        2,313     13,352
Nueva Ecija                      263       31,015      197,796      256       30,024      191,920        -            -          -
Pampanga                         518       86,759      545,218      471       81,026      506,142        9          898      5,483
Tarlac                           130       16,177      106,306      124       15,380      102,057        -            -          -
Zambales                          76       15,895      121,503       71       13,762      104,881        3          532      5,410
Aurora                            19        1,589        8,403       18        1,491        7,439        -            -          -

Region IVA - Calabarzon        3,225      343,531    2,326,037    1,998      243,981    1,725,262       64       11,013     67,321

Batangas                         590       94,675      638,356      553       69,308      392,709        6          943      5,700
Cavite                         1,743      139,431      950,078      639       92,291      753,175       30        3,015     15,113
Laguna                           172       35,489      221,577      125       15,869      117,021       19        5,568     35,164
Quezon                           366       29,997      199,576      363       29,770      197,159        -            -          -
Rizal                            354       43,939      316,450      318       36,743      265,198        9        1,487     11,344

Region IVB - Mimaropa            155       18,502      123,622      141       15,402      107,871        2           98        462

Marinduque                        53        4,678       31,437       52        4,343       29,737        -            -          -
Occidental Mindoro                 7        1,790        7,275        1           68          400        -            -          -
Oriental Mindoro                  10        1,646        9,502        8        1,139        8,103        -            -          -
Palawan                           73        8,562       63,029       68        8,026       57,252        2           98        462
Romblon                           12        1,826       12,379       12        1,826       12,379        -            -          -

Region V - Bicol                 383       44,713      246,934      277       36,174      195,392        7          797      6,172

Albay                             54       13,401       46,866       54       13,401       46,866        -            -          -
Camarines Norte                   24        2,789       17,132       21        2,306       15,112        -            -          -
Camarines Sur                    284       26,049      168,700      182       18,233      120,378        7          797      6,172
Catanduanes                       11        1,195        9,165       11        1,195        9,165        -            -          -
Masbate                            6          596        2,686        6          596        2,686        -            -          -
Sorsogon                           4          683        2,385        3          443        1,185        -            -          -

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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, and 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         633       93,105    633,268      596       83,489     562,536       10       1,900     10,076

Aklan                                41        7,766     54,718       38        7,205      51,506        -           -          -
Antique                              31        3,518     20,710       31        3,518      20,710        -           -          -
Capiz                                77       10,835     60,425       77       10,835      60,425        -           -          -
Iloilo                              143       28,615    203,023      123       22,924     157,634        3         828      4,213
Negros Occidental                   331       41,457    290,683      317       38,093     268,552        7       1,072      5,863
Guimaras                             10          914      3,709       10          914       3,709        -           -          -

Region VII - Central Visayas      1,610      167,354    865,016    1,487      141,745     749,278       27       5,125     25,315

Bohol                               131       13,111     98,472      128       12,698      95,021        -           -          -
Cebu                                988      121,077    615,618      888       96,819     506,497       27       5,125     25,315
Negros Oriental                     487       31,857    137,814      467       30,919     134,648        -           -          -
Siquijor                              4        1,309     13,112        4        1,309      13,112        -           -          -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas       353       32,034    173,097      224       26,743     154,295       89       2,842      7,367

Eastern Samar                        25        2,794     18,115       24        2,663      17,327        -           -          -
Leyte                               250       20,216    101,533      123       15,137      83,954       88       2,761      6,932
Samar (Western Samar)                15        1,942     11,665       15        1,942      11,665        -           -          -
Southern Leyte                       42        4,945     31,221       41        4,864      30,786        1          81        435
Biliran                              21        2,137     10,563       21        2,137      10,563        -           -          -

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula      37        3,939     26,254       37        3,939      26,254        -           -          -

Zamboanga del Sur                    35        3,601     25,119       35        3,601      25,119        -           -          -
Isabela City                          2          338      1,135        2          338       1,135        -           -          -

Region X - Northern Mindanao        587       69,870    291,821      583       68,830     283,605        2         200      1,300

Bukidnon                             87       14,960     38,794       87       14,960      38,794        -           -          -
Camiguin                             38        6,423     18,731       38        6,423      18,731        -           -          -
Lanao del Norte                     122       11,740     43,641      122       11,740      43,641        -           -          -
Misamis Oriental                    340       36,747    190,655      336       35,707     182,439        2         200      1,300

Region XI - Davao                 1,327       89,095    498,118    1,310       86,287     483,454        6         815      5,820

Davao del Norte                     437       22,682     85,273      433       22,223      84,274        1          20         20
Davao del Sur                       715       57,588    388,958      702       55,239     375,293        5         795      5,800
Davao Oriental                       31        1,672      5,619       31        1,672       5,619        -           -          -
Compostela Valley                   144        7,153     18,268      144        7,153      18,268        -           -          -

Region XII - Soccsksargen           195       13,384     59,622      188       12,358      54,762        2         145        912

South Cotabato                      114        9,368     46,528      108        8,370      41,764        1         117        816
Saranggani                           14          930      3,562       14          930       3,562        -           -          -
Cotabato City                        67        3,086      9,532       66        3,058       9,436        1          28         96

Region XIII - Caraga                135       13,679     61,823      133       13,479      60,794        -           -          -

Agusan del Norte                    112        9,991     44,239      112        9,991      44,239        -           -          -
Agusan del Sur                       13        1,861      8,818       11        1,661       7,789        -           -          -
Surigao del Norte                    10        1,827      8,766       10        1,827       8,766        -           -          -

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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, and 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                    2,045      281,052    1,473,841       14       97,130    1,289,250      565      120,959    945,561

National Capital Region          582      167,512      897,285       13       97,074    1,288,690        7          715    259,406
First District                   146       27,111       95,924        -            -            -        -            -          -
Second District                  112       66,316      259,931        3       64,647      770,500        2          411      1,766
Third District                    68        9,347       37,743        -            -            -        4          273        679
Fourth District                  256       64,738      503,687       10       32,427      518,190        1           31    256,961

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                          2          441        5,166        -            -            -       15        4,090     27,396

Benguet                            2          441        5,166        -            -            -       14        3,982     26,196
Kalinga                            -            -            -        -            -            -        1          108      1,200

Region I - Ilocos                 26        8,098       65,422        1           56          560        8        1,868     10,015

Ilocos Norte                       5        2,255       16,492        -            -            -        -            -          -
Ilocos Sur                         1          816       10,694        1           56          560        4          640      2,646
La Union                           5        1,085        7,642        -            -            -        -            -          -
Pangasinan                        15        3,942       30,594        -            -            -        4        1,228      7,369

Region III - Central Luzon       165       14,671       88,984        -            -            -      348       70,772    288,364

Bataan                             4          433        2,820        -            -            -        -            -          -
Bulacan                          110        6,395       31,779        -            -            -      345       70,293    286,855
Nueva Ecija                        5          799        5,426        -            -            -        2          192        450
Pampanga                          37        4,548       32,534        -            -            -        1          287      1,059
Tarlac                             6          797        4,249        -            -            -        -            -          -
Zambales                           2        1,601       11,212        -            -            -        -            -          -
Aurora                             1           98          964        -            -            -        -            -          -

Region IVA - Calabarzon        1,115       61,684      274,558        -            -            -       48       26,853    258,896

Batangas                           4          688        5,271        -            -            -       27       23,736    234,676
Cavite                         1,059       42,097      166,208        -            -            -       15        2,028     15,582
Laguna                            28       14,052       69,392        -            -            -        -            -          -
Quezon                             -            -            -        -            -            -        3          227      2,417
Rizal                             24        4,847       33,687        -            -            -        3          862      6,221

Region IVB - Mimaropa              1          278        4,346        -            -            -       11        2,724     10,943

Marinduque                         -            -            -        -            -            -        1          335      1,700
Occidental Mindoro                 -            -            -        -            -            -        6        1,722      6,875
Oriental Mindoro                   -            -            -        -            -            -        2          507      1,399
Palawan                            1          278        4,346        -            -            -        2          160        969

Region V - Bicol                   3          483        2,020        -            -            -       96        7,259     43,350

Camarines Norte                    3          483        2,020        -            -            -        -            -          -
Camarines Sur                      -            -            -        -            -            -       95        7,019     42,150
Sorsogon                           -            -            -        -            -            -        1          240      1,200

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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, and 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 VI - Western Visayas          11        3,782     27,193        -            -         -       16        3,934    33,463

Aklan                                 3          561      3,212        -            -         -        -            -         -
Iloilo                                2          999      8,025        -            -         -       15        3,864    33,151
Negros Occidental                     6        2,222     15,956        -            -         -        1           70       312

Region VII - Central Visayas         94       20,268     89,030        -            -         -        2          216     1,393

Bohol                                 3          413      3,451        -            -         -        -            -         -
Cebu                                 71       18,917     82,413        -            -         -        2          216     1,393
Negros Oriental                      20          938      3,166        -            -         -        -            -         -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas        40        2,449     11,435        -            -         -        -            -         -

Eastern Samar                         1          131        788        -            -         -        -            -         -
Leyte                                39        2,318     10,647        -            -         -        -            -         -

Region X - Northern Mindanao          1          440      5,320        -            -         -        1          400     1,596

Misamis Oriental                      1          440      5,320        -            -         -        1          400     1,596

Region XI - Davao                     3          549      1,325        -            -         -        8        1,444     7,519

Davao del Norte                       2          405        945        -            -         -        1           34        34
Davao del Sur                         1          144        380        -            -         -        7        1,410     7,485

Region XII - Soccsksargen             2          397      1,757        -            -         -        3          484     2,191

South Cotabato                        2          397      1,757        -            -         -        3          484     2,191

Region XIII - Caraga                  -            -          -        -            -         -        2          200     1,029

Agusan del Sur                        -            -          -        -            -         -        2          200     1,029

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

Page last updated:  September 5, 2007
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