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Airbnb or Long-Term Lease in the Philippines, 2026: Is Short-Term Rental Really "Passive Income," and Where It Actually Pays — BGC to Siargao
Every few weeks, someone on r/phinvest posts the same question in a different unit: "I own a condo — should I rent it out long-term, or put it on Airbnb?" It…
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Warehouse Investing in the Philippines, 2026: 8 Corridors Ranked by Lease Rate, Port Access, Flood Risk and 10-Wheeler Reach — and the Questions First-Time Industrial Investors Forget to Ask
The Philippines' industrial and warehouse segment closed 2025 at 97.1% occupancy — forecast to tighten further to 97.6% in 2026 — making it one of the least…
Solar Land in the Philippines, 2026: Where the Solar Farms Are, Which Property Types Can Legally Host Them, and What to Check Before You Buy a Lot for an Energy Business
The Philippines added 899 MW of solar in 2025 alone — pushing cumulative installed capacity to 3,892 MW — and Meralco's Terra Solar project synchronised its…
EV vs Gas in the Philippines, September 2026: Every Price, the Real Math, and When Going Electric Actually Pays Off
Dated snapshot — Sept 22–28, 2026 The one-line thesis: a home-charged EV runs at roughly ₱1.84/km versus ₱9.10/km for a Vios-class gas car at this month's pump…
Metro Manila Investor Dashboard 2026: 10 Cities Ranked by Yield, Occupancy and Rent — and Why the Smart Money Is Looking South to Cavite, Laguna and Batangas
Metro Manila's property economy is running two speeds at once. Condo vacancy just hit a record 24.7% — and Colliers expects it to peak near 25.6% in 2026 — yet…
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Pax Silica in Clark: What It Actually Is (and Isn't) — A 2026 Reality Check
Clark, Pampanga keeps showing up in the same sentence as "AI data center" this year — but the biggest name attached to it, Pax Silica, isn't actually building…
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Metro Manila Subway: The 2026 Progress Report Every Property Buyer Should Read
For decades, "subway" has been a word Metro Manila commuters only used to describe other cities. That changes soon. The Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) —…