Manila monthly property snapshot — July 2025

yara_moss

First-time buyer
The +9.9% asking-price movement is the figure that needs the most explanation in this July 2025 Manila condo snapshot. It could reflect stronger seller expectations, but it could just as easily come from a sample containing more expensive units.

The other provisional observations are 94 days on market and financing sensitivity near PHP 32,770,000. I’m treating all three as points for investigation rather than as a market index. To make them useful, we need to know the sample period, property mix, treatment of relisted units and whether inventory rose or fell.

Completed transactions, neighbourhood and size-band comparisons, and clearly identified local observations would help. Please include source links and the date each source was last revised so the summary can be updated without mixing different periods.
 
I would not interpret +9.9% as appreciation without the sample definition. If the listing mix moved toward larger or more expensive condos, the aggregate asking price could rise while comparable units stayed flat. A same-neighbourhood, same-size and same-price-band comparison would be more informative.
 
What period is the 94-day figure measured over, and how are removed then relisted units handled? It would also help to know whether the sample combines new-build and resale condos. Those details could materially affect both time on market and the PHP 32,770,000 financing observation.
 
Completed sales would strengthen this, but they may arrive too late for a monthly snapshot. I would publish the listing indicators with a prominent date, then append sale evidence when available rather than holding the whole update back. The important thing is not to blend asking and completed prices into one series.
 
One more caveat on 94 days: the median and the number of listings behind it matter. A modest group of stale listings can pull an average upward, while relisting can make marketing periods look shorter. Even a simple note saying average or median, active or removed, would prevent a lot of misreading.
 
A compact table could solve most of this: neighbourhood, price band, unit-size band, new or resale, listing count, asking-price movement and time on market. Then add separate columns for the original publication date and any later revision. That would make changes in inventory or property-type mix visible instead of burying them in the headline figure.
 
I would split around PHP 32,770,000 rather than treating that amount as representative of the whole condo market. If financing sensitivity is concentrated near that range, lower and higher bands may behave differently. Until the sample and completed-sale evidence are added, the safest reading is that these are listing-market signals, not proof that Manila condo values rose 9.9%.
 
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