Good News: Paranaque Tax Delinquent Properties Get Relief Through Tax Amnesty...
Delinquent real property owners in Paranaque City have until November 15, 2013 to avail of a one-time real property tax amnesty. This is good news as it means there won’t be any public auctions for tax...
View ArticleFinancial Education for Kids Part VII: Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids
Since we don’t have a TV at home (by choice), my son and I spend time together watching YouTube videos, and we love watching cartoons. But what if there were cartoons that can help with teaching kids...
View ArticleMore Good News: Muntinlupa Tax Amnesty For Real Property Owners Until...
Muntinlupa City residents have until December 31, 2013 to avail of a real property tax amnesty as announced through an advisory on the official website of Muntinlupa City. With the announcement, we can...
View ArticleFeast Talk Series: Happy, Healthy, Holy Money
One of the best series of talks of Bo Sanchez which I have been blessed to hear at The Feast PICC is the one about “Happy, Healthy, Holy Money”. If you want to learn about how to look at money in a...
View ArticleThe Importance Of Earthquake-Resistant Homes And What We Can Do About It
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck Bohol and Cebu last October 15, 2013 has taken many lives and damaged countless structures. It’s even stronger than the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that hit...
View ArticleRepublic Act No. 26 – An Act Providing A Special Procedure For The...
Republic Act No. 26, provides the special procedure for the judicial reconstitution of a certificate of title that got lost or destroyed. Judicial reconstitution is followed in case least ten percent...
View ArticleRepublic Act No. 6732 – An Act Allowing Administrative Reconstitution of...
Republic Act No. 6732 allows the administrative reconstitution of original copies of certificates of titles lost or destroyed due to fire, flood, and other force majeure, if at least ten percent (10%)...
View ArticleHow To Reconstitute Or Replace Lost/Destroyed Land Titles
I have been thinking of the possible problems that may crop up due to the lost or destroyed land titles brought about by Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban and other parts of the country. There is a danger...
View ArticleWhat Is The US Fed Tapering And Will It Affect Philippine Real Estate In 2014?
It’s the tail-end of 2013 and once again, we are faced with the possibility of the dreaded real estate bubble – this time with the recent announcement of the United States (US) Federal Reserve (The...
View ArticleSEC Releases Guidelines On Asset Valuations Including Real Estate
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued Memorandum Circular No. 2, Series of 2014, which is very, very important for investors who have real estate investments lodged in...
View ArticleHow Safe Is Your Property From Being Repossessed?
Last December 2013, it was all over the news that the Local Government of Quezon City had shut down the Manila Seedling Bank for failure to pay their real property taxes between 2001 and 2011. Is your...
View ArticleBIR Revenue Regulations No. 13-99 (Sale of a Principal Residence)
Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Regulations No. 13-99 governs the exemption of certain individuals from the capital gains tax on the sale, exchange or disposition of his/her principal...
View ArticleBIR Revenue Regulations No. 14-00 Amends RR 13-99 (Sale of a Principal...
BIR Revenue Regulations(RR) No. 14-00 amends certain sections of Revenue Regulations No. 13-99 to ‘streamline and make more efficient the collection of the capital gains tax, if any, presumed to have...
View ArticleHow To Get Capital Gains Tax Exemption On The Sale Of Your Principal Residence
Everyone wants to have a break from paying taxes, so it pays to know the legal ways we can avoid paying taxes. One of them is to take advantage of the exemption from capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale...
View ArticleA Better Valentine’s Day Gift: Real Property at up to 50% Discount
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Today is as good a day as any to love and feel loved. Love is a great feeling that makes us feel alive. No matter what happens, there is always someone who loves us (who...
View Article312 Pag-IBIG Foreclosed Properties For Sale Through Public Sealed Bidding On...
A total of 312 Pag-IBIG foreclosed properties are up for grabs in a public sealed bidding to be held on April 2, 2014. The public sealed bidding includes foreclosed properties/acquired assets, from...
View ArticlePublic Sealed Bidding of Pag-IBIG Foreclosed Properties In Davao Slated On...
It’s already April 2, 2014 and you can all be sure that this is not another April Fool’s Day post. Pag-IBIG’s Davao Housing Hub-Committee on Disposition of Acquired Assets will be holding a sealed...
View ArticleFinancial Education for Kids Part 8: Raising Pinoy Boys (and Girls)
Note: This is part 8 of a series on Financial Education for Kids. You may access previous articles through these links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4: Summer Activities for 2013, Part 5: Getting Used...
View ArticleHome Mortgage Relief Act Of 2014 (Senate Bill No. 2148 full text) Proposes...
Last Friday, April 4, 2014, we heard over the radio that Sen. Sonny Angara filed Senate Bill No. 2148 (Home Mortgage Relief Act of 2014) which proposes that tax incentives be given to first-time...
View ArticleCPD Seminars By REBAP LMP Slated On May 3 and 10, 2014
The Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines (REBAP) Las Pinas, Muntinlupa, Paranaque (LMP) Chapter shall be conducting 2014 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Seminars on May 3 and...
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