How to Heart a Property You Love on ManilaOpenHouse

Ever been scrolling through listings and one of them just makes you stop? Maybe it's the light coming through a corner unit's floor-to-ceiling windows, or a garden view you didn't expect from a mid-rise in the middle of the city. That little jolt of "wait, I like this one" is exactly what the heart button on ManilaOpenHouse is for. Tap it, and the property is saved. No more scrolling back through your search history hoping you'll recognize the thumbnail.

Man reaching up toward a glowing red heart notification icon floating above him in a dark room — That little jolt when a listing catches your eye is basically this: the moment right before you tap the heart and it counts for something.

It sounds almost too simple to write a whole article about, and in a way, it is simple. But the small features are often the ones that quietly change how you shop for a home, so let's walk through it properly.

Close-up of a smartphone screen filled with rows of colorful heart emoji — However you feel about a listing, the heart icon captures it in one tap, no essay required.

What hearting a property actually does

When you tap the heart icon on a listing, ManilaOpenHouse adds that property to your liked list. Think of it as a shortlist that lives outside your memory and outside your browser history, which, let's be honest, is not a reliable filing system for anyone. You could be comparing a two-bedroom in Makati against a townhouse in Quezon City against a condo near a BGC office, all discovered on different days, and the heart button is what keeps them all in one place instead of scattered across a dozen tabs you'll eventually close by accident.

Open-plan living room with teal sofas, a red area rug, exposed brick walls, and a wood-paneled kitchen in the background — This is the kind of layout that earns a heart on sight: open living and dining space with a kitchen you can still see from the couch.

There's always something worth hearting on the site, whether you're seriously house-hunting this month or just enjoying the very Filipino pastime of browsing real estate "for fun" while stuck in EDSA traffic.

Woman smiling outdoors at a picnic table while holding her phone — Whether it's a serious search or just scrolling for fun, every property worth a second look gets the same one-tap treatment.

How to like a property, step by step

The process takes about two seconds once you know where to look:

Browse or search listings on ManilaOpenHouse the way you normally would, by location, price range, or property type.
Open a property that catches your eye.
Tap the heart icon on the listing.
Watch the heart fill in. That's your confirmation the property has been saved.
Changed your mind, or found something you like even more? Tap the heart again to unlike it and remove it from your list.

Hand holding a phone with a long-press menu open over an app icon, showing a heart-shaped favorite option among the shortcuts — Saving a listing works the way most save actions do on your phone: one tap on the heart, no extra steps.

That's the whole mechanic. No forms, no sign-up flow standing between you and saving a listing, no waiting on a "sandali lang" from a submit button that's still thinking about it.

Hand holding a smartphone displaying a scrollable list of app entries — No sign-up screen standing between you and your saved list. It's just there, the way any list on your phone would be.

Where your liked properties live

Once you've hearted a few listings, they don't just disappear into the void. They collect in your liked properties list, which you can pull up whenever you're ready to actually sit down and compare notes, whether that's later tonight or next weekend when the whole family finally has time to talk it over. Instead of trying to reconstruct which listing was which from memory ("was it the one with the balcony, or the one near the school"), you open your list and there they are, exactly as you left them.

Woman sitting on a couch scrolling through swipeable cards on her phone — That's what pulling up your liked list feels like: flipping back through the ones you already decided you're interested in, minus the guesswork.

Why this is more useful than it sounds

A heart button is a small piece of UI, but it solves a real problem in house-hunting: the sheer volume of listings you look at before you're ready to book a single viewing. A few ways it earns its keep:

A real estate agent with a clipboard gesturing toward the ceiling while showing a room to a couple during a property viewing — Walking into an actual viewing with a shortlist already narrowed down beats showing up with nothing but a vague impression.

Building a shortlist before you commit to a viewing. Site visits take time and, depending on where you're coming from, a fair chunk of traffic. Hearting properties first means you walk into viewings with a curated list instead of a vague impression.
Comparing a few strong options side by side. Once three or four properties are sitting in your liked list, it's much easier to weigh them against each other than to hold every detail in your head at once.
Sharing your favorites with family. House-hunting is rarely a one-person decision. Having a clean, saved list makes it easier to talk it through with a spouse, a parent, or whoever else has a say in the decision.

A man and woman sitting together, pointing at a laptop screen while discussing what's on it — This is the part the heart button is really for: going through the shortlist together instead of trying to describe a listing from memory.

Our honest tip: heart generously while you're browsing. You don't need to be certain about a property to save it. Think of it less like a final vote and more like tossing something into a basket you'll sort through later. It's a lot easier to narrow down a list of ten liked properties than to go hunting for that one listing you saw three days ago and can't quite remember how to find again. The list is yours, so prune it whenever you like.

The takeaway: the heart button turns casual browsing into an actual shortlist, so use it liberally now and sort out the favorites later.

If you haven't tried it yet, that's a good place to start. Head over to manilaopenhouse.com, browse a few listings, and give the first one that catches your eye a heart. There's always something worth liking.